Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus Gmelin, JF, 1788

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STATUS

North America and Latin America. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

Species not admitted nationally (BOU 1971).

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NOT PROVEN

0). 1954 Shropshire Near Oswestry, killed, 14th April.

(D. Wilson, British Birds 48: 92).

[BOURC (1974), Ibis 116: 579].

History Doris Wilson (1955) in British Birds, Vol. XLVIII. p. 92, says: 'On the night of 14th April 1954 an Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) was accidentally killed near Oswestry, Shropshire. The bird was preserved.'

[We have been sent a photograph of the mounted specimen, which clearly confirms the identification. - Eds.]

The specimen was traced and proved on examination to be the Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (BOURC (1974) Ibis 116: 579).