page_title: List of birds of California
section_title: Owls
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of California / Owls
caption_attribution_description: English: Barred Owl (Strix varia) – Whitby, Ontario (Canada) Español: Carabo norteamericano (Strix varia), lechuza – Whitby, Ontario (Canadá). Français&#160;: Chouette rayée (Strix varia) - Whitby, Ontario (Canada) 日本語: アメリカフクロウ Norsk bokmål: Høvdingugle om vinteren فارسی: جغد راه‌راه گونه‌ای جغد بزرگ است که در سرده جغدهای بی‌گوش قرار دارد. این گونه بومی آمریکای شمالی است.
context_page_description: This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee.
  As of June 30, 2020, there are 676 species on the CBRC list. Two of these species are endemic, 13 were introduced by humans, one species has been extirpated, and one was extirpated in the wild but its reintroduction is in progress. Five additional species have been documented but "the CBRC could not reach a consensus as to whether records of these species involved true naturally occurring vagrants or escapes from captivity." One additional species has been added from eBird as a result of the 2020 taxonomic revisions to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds; it is marked as a review species.
  The following tags note species in each of those categories and one additional category:
  Endemic to California
  (I) Introduced but now established in California
  Extirpated from California
  Reintroduction in progress - not yet established
  California Bird Records Committee Review Species
  Of unknown origin
context_section_description: Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae
  Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
  Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus
  Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii
  Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
  Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (*)
  Northern pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma
  Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi (*)
  Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
  Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis
  Barred owl, Strix varia
  Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
  Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
  Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus
caption: Barred owl
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