Great gray owl Strix nebulosa

Identification Tips:

• Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 60 inches
• Very large, nocturnal, predatory bird
• Large, rounded head
• Yellow eyes
• Gray facial disks with darker rings
• Gray upperparts with paler barring
• Pale underparts with large, dark irregular streaks
• Sexes similar

Similar species:

The Great Gray Owl is larger and grayer than other owls and lacks ear tufts.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.