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title: "Amerikaanse oehoe"
description: "Bubo virginianus — Vogels. The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the \"winged tiger\" or \"tiger of the air\") or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-horned-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaanse oehoe

> Bubo virginianus — Vogels. The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Bubo virginianus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 93266
- Wikidata: [Q81515](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81515)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20044](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20044)

## Names

- en: Great Horned Owl
- de: Virginiauhu
- es: Búho cornudo
- fr: Grand-duc d'Amérique
- nl: Amerikaanse oehoe
- pt: Corujão-orelhudo
- pl: Puchacz wirginijski

## Countries with the most observations

US (70983), CA (9710), MX (2630), AR (843), BR (655), UY (149), EC (110), CO (97), BO (31), HN (29), VE (24), BZ (17)

## Summary

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. Its diet consists primarily of rabbits and hares, rats and mice, and voles; it remains one of the few regular predators of skunk. Hunting also includes rodents, larger mid-sized mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. 
In ornithological study, the great horned owl…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl

## Photo

![Amerikaanse oehoe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-horned-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153342747

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-horned-owl?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).