barred owl
noun
: a large North American owl (Strix varia) with brown eyes and bars of dark brown on the breast
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Once barred owls start colonizing old-growth forests, rare spotted owls no longer have a home.
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Mitch Friedman, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
If anyone is around the park during dusk, Morgan said there are screech and barred owls that call out as the sun is setting.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2024
Instead, great horned and barred owls have grown in number and range, likely responsible for the demise of the screech owl, Pfannmuller noted.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
Just last year, Central Park’s celebrity barred owl Barry died after colliding with a maintenance vehicle.
—Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute’s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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Mitch Friedman, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
If anyone is around the park during dusk, Morgan said there are screech and barred owls that call out as the sun is setting.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2024
Instead, great horned and barred owls have grown in number and range, likely responsible for the demise of the screech owl, Pfannmuller noted.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
Just last year, Central Park’s celebrity barred owl Barry died after colliding with a maintenance vehicle.
—Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute’s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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“Barred owl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barred%20owl. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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