5 Of The Largest Owl Species In The World

On this planet there are many beautiful birds. These birds all have their own place in their ecosystems whether it be as predators or as prey. Some of the most distinctive birds are of course the owls. There are over 200 species of owl alive today and some of these species are of course very large. In this video i will be going through 5 of the largest owl species in the world.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Great Grey Owl
2:15 Great Horned Owl
3:42 Snowy Owl
5:16 Eurasian Eagle-Owl
6:32 Blakiston's Fish Owl

Owl Charities and donation links:

Blakiston's fish owl project:

Peregrinefund link:

Attributions

Blakiston's fish owl images:
Takashi Muramatsu
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Robert tdc
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Hiyashi Haka
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Koji Ishii
(CC BY 2.0)

Eurasian eagle-owl images:
James West
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Imran Shah
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Sonja Pauen
(CC BY 2.0)
Jürgen Mangelsdorf
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Maxwell Hamilton
(CC BY 2.0)
Stephane Tardif
(CC BY 2.0)
Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Great horned owl image:
David Ellis
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Denis Fournier
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Tim Lumley
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Snowy owl images:
Neil McIntosh
(CC BY 2.0)
Peter K Burian
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Colin Frankland
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Howard Ignatius
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rhododendrites
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Tambako The Jaguar
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Pat Gaines
(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Great grey owl images:
yapaphotos
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Frank D. Lospalluto
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
hehaden
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Arne List
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Great horned owl footage:
David Marvin
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
CC BY 2.0)
Robert Pruner
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Tony Mitra
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
J. Maughn
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
DanStreiffert
QACTV

Snowy owl footage:
Robert Pruner
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren
Ana Alonso
Alain Fossé
Amanathia
Metshag

Great grey owl footage:
Lorie Shaull
(CC BY 2.0)
Bird Community
Ken Anderson Photogrpahy

Eurasian eagle-owl footage:
Robert Meier
(CC BY 3.0)
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
(CC BY-SA 3.0 NL)

Island Fox image:
Tom Benson
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

White-footed mouse image:
Joseph Gage
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Sand cat image:
Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

White nosed coati image:
Thomas Milne
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Brown fish owl image:
Mkcprabhath
(CC BY-SA 4.0)

Masked palm civet image:
yuki_alm_misa
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.

Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

[drgn]

The eurasian eagle owl is just magnificent

[NightOfCrystals]

There is nothing quite like seeing a snowy owl in the wild. Two years ago, I spotted a snowy owl on a mountaintop in Acadia National Park in Maine. I have been hooked since and make every effort to see them while winter hiking.

[christopherseilaff]

love this approach. would love to see more of these largest and smallest type videos

[amazingaquaticsandexotics]

snowy owls are one of my favourite birds due to their beautiful plumage

[ShonnMorris]

As a lifelong birder and having studied ornithology, this is by far my favorite video of yours. Please do more bird videos. The end of this video gave another idea; the five largest pinnipeds in the world would be a good one.

[benmcreynolds]

I love owls so much. I still couldn't believe how they looked without any feathers 🪶... Lol 😆 I live in Oregon and there are great horned owls all over the place where I live. I love them. I found a mini owl the other day when night hiking. It had bright yellow eyes and and big head, tiny body, and it was striped. It was so cute. I got it on video and it came out and just hung out with me for like 5 minutes. It was like finding a pokemon lol

[PlanetMojo]

I saw a Great Gray Owl from about six feet away. I was walking down our wooded road, and turned to look into the woods and there he was at eye level right at the edge of the gravel road. It sent chills down my spine. We have lots of owls here, but I never saw one of these before. Unfortunately I looked away because a red tailed hawk screeched, and when i turned back the owl was at least 100 feet away in the woods then disappeared behind the trees. Never heard a thing when he left, and have not seen another since. 😑

[j.r.puffinmaster]

Also, Great Horned Owls are one of the few predators to active hunt Skunks. That's all you need to know that they are truly an apex predator

[Mike-tgdj]

Love owls. I watched a horned owl build a nest, hatch and raise its chick. It makes sense now that I think about it they lived on the greenway in a thicket of trees next to a river. On the other side of the path is a field of wild flowers. I have seen all types small animals so there's a food source. I have heard them hooting in my neighborhood on several occasions.

[martykitson]

A pair of horned owls migrates through my yard twice a year in south central Alaska, beautiful!

[harmoni]

Owls are the most gorgeous raptor! I love every owls.

[JohnDrummondPhoto]

Snowy owls breed within the Arctic Circle but they migrate a bit farther south for the winter. In North America they favor flat grasslands similar to the tundra up north, but they'll also overwinter in dune areas near beaches. I've seen a couple at beaches on Long Island, NY, and I once spotted one in a tree within a residential area of Queens, NYC near a highway.

[Roy_Boy.]

When i was a young boy, i remember seeing a white owl perched on a tree in front of my house at the time. It was so big with its wingspan. Not to mention beautiful. I dont know what kind of owl it was but thats the first and only owl encounter I've ever had. Ive been interested in them, fascinated even. They're so majestic, well hidden and unique to me. Amazing avians.

[ohianaw]

"Which is around the same lenght as Natalie Portman" 😂😂😂

[travishendrix]

Owls are my favorite birds. So pretty. You cannot hear them as they fly. Quiet and stealthy.

[nunyabinness]

The wingspan comparisons were great 🤣👍🏾

[toyfan]

Thank you for using units of measurement that we here in the states understand

[emanon]

The Hollywood people perspective is hilarious 🤣

[DeaneLewis]

Hey, that's my photo of the brushtail possum. I noticed it wasn't in the credits. It's been flipped, and also the species has now been split, and is now the Short-eared Brushtail Possum in the area where i took the photo.

[coyote]

Living in Canada I have seen most of the large owls, but have never seen an owl as big as the Great Grey that moved into our area, it was on a fence post and was easily over 30 inches in overall length.