Great grey owl
Scientific name: Strix nebulosa J. R. Forster, 1772
Overview
The great grey owl is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
From the Wikipedia article “Great grey owl”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China); North America.
Common names
Also known in English as Great Gray Owl.
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- بومة رمادية
- Chinese
- 乌林鸮
- French
- chouette lapone
- German
- Bartkauz
- Indonesian
- Hantu Kelabu
- Japanese
- カラフトフクロウ
- Persian
- جغد خاکسترپوش
- Portuguese
- coruja-cinzenta, coruja-da-lapónia, Coruja-lapónica
- Russian
- Бородатая неясыть
- Spanish
- Cárabo lapón
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q200724, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Great grey owl”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Manedwolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026