Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Ñacurutú
Jacurutu

Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Uruguay

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Strix virginiana.

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Group	Species	Date	User
Mammals	Liebre Europea (Lepus europaeus)	17/04/2023	Mauricio Silvera

Last published photographs

Photography ID: 664193
Adult
Maldonado
Maldonado
Uruguay
12/23/2025
Gustavo Marasco

Photography ID: 623699
Adult
Balneario artilleros
Colonia
Uruguay
02/10/2025
Luis Mier

Photography ID: 581717
Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/24/2024
Alejandra Pons

Photography ID: 555790
♂ Adult
El Pinar
Canelones
Uruguay
04/17/2023
Mauricio Silvera

Photography ID: 510225
Adult
Bella Unión
Artigas
Uruguay
10/08/2022
Alejandra Pons

Photography ID: 446847
Adult
Balneario La Barra
Maldonado
Uruguay
12/24/2020
Alejandra Pons

Photography ID: 430880
Adult
Montevideo
Montevideo
Uruguay
09/07/2020
Guillermo Menéndez

Photography ID: 418833
♀ Adult
Camino al Cuareim
Artigas
Uruguay
11/10/2020
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 414322
Squab
Colonia Gestido
Salto
Uruguay
10/08/2020
Luciano Buck

Photography ID: 265214
Adult
Montevideo
Montevideo
Uruguay
10/11/2017
Emilio Lessa

Photography ID: 248479
Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/14/2018
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 199898
♂ Adult
Punta del Este
Maldonado
Uruguay
04/22/2017
Adrian Antunez

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2403668

23/12/2025

Uruguay

Maldonado

Solanas Club, Maldonado

Gustavo Marasco

2254808

10/02/2025

Uruguay

Colonia

Balneario artilleros

Luis Mier

2026727

24/04/2024

Uruguay

Cerro Largo

Paso Centurión., Paso Centurión

Alejandra Pons

1768357

22/05/2023

Uruguay

Canelones

Parque del Plata

Giovana Antunez

1911403

17/04/2023

Uruguay

Canelones

El Pinar

Mauricio Silvera

1654307

08/10/2022

Uruguay

Artigas

Bella Unión

Alejandra Pons

1408325

24/12/2020

Uruguay

Maldonado

Balneario La Barra

Alejandra Pons

1310051

10/11/2020

Uruguay

Artigas

Camino al Cuareim

Adrian Antunez

1298538

08/10/2020

Uruguay

Salto

Colonia Gestido

Luciano Buck

1356146

07/09/2020

Uruguay

Montevideo

Guillermo Menéndez

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