Northern White-faced Owl

When to see the Northern White-faced Owl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Northern White-faced Owl

The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Algeria, Mauritania, Djibouti, Mali, Liberia, Tanzania.

About the Northern White-faced Owl

The northern white-faced owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The southern white-faced owl was formerly included in this species and the two were known as the white-faced scops-owl.

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Easily confused with

Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis grantiIt is 22–28 cm (8.7–11.0 in) long and weighs 185–220 g (6.5–7.8 oz).