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Barred Owl

Strix varia ORDER: STRIGIFORMES FAMILY: STRIGIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Barred Owl Photo

© Peter R. Stettenheim/CLO

A large owl of extensive woodlands, the Barred Owl is familiar for its distinctive "who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you-all" hooting.

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Calls

  • Songs
    Recorded by David L. Ross
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Resonant series of eight or nine hoots, "hoo-hoo-to-hoo, hoo-hoo-to-hoo-aw." Also raucous jumble of cackles, hoots, caws, and gurgles.

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