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Boreal Owl

Aegolius funereus ORDER: STRIGIFORMES FAMILY: STRIGIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A small owl of boreal and montane forests, the Boreal Owl is found throughout Alaska and Canada, and across northern Eurasia, as well. It is found in the lower 48 states only in the mountains of the West, in extreme northern Minnesota, and as an occasional winter visitor to the northern states.

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Songs

  • Male primary/staccato song
    Recorded by Peyton Leonard
    Alaska April 1969
  • Male prolonged staccato song
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1989
  • Male subdued staccato song
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1990
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a series of low, whistled toots.

Calls

  • Screech
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1991
  • Food delivery call
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1992
  • Nestling peep and male food delivery call
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1993
  • Nestling chatter and female peep call
    Recorded by Rose Meehan
    Alaska
  • Various calls at nest
    Recorded by Steven G. Wilson
    Minnesota June 1989
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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