AnAge entry for Bubo virginianus

Classification (HAGRID: 01347)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
            Order: Strigiformes
                Family: Strigidae
                    Genus: Bubo
Species: Bubo virginianus
Common name: Great horned owl

Maximum longevity: 29 years (wild)
Source: ref. 427
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Though sexual maturity may be reached at earlier ages, breeding normally does not occur before age 2. The record longevity in the wild is 13 years [0437].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
[0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
[0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
[1148] Rayment and Williams (1997), Glaucoma in a captive-bred great horned owl (Bubo virginianus virginianus) (PubMed)
[0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
[0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
[0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
[0445] The Birds of North America Online