Strix varia ORDER: STRIGIFORMES FAMILY: STRIGIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Ed Schneider
A large owl of extensive woodlands, the Barred Owl is familiar for its distinctive "who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you-all" hooting.
There are few sounds in nature as raucous as the calls of Barred Owls. Listen as The Cornell Lab's Laura Erickson sets the scene. Cornell Lab of Ornithology;
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IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern