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Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
As recorded: Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Strigiformes › Strigidae
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- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- exact locality unknown
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Asio flammeus observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13,426 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-11-02.

2026-11-02
Qingdao, CN-SD, CN
(c) Baixun Xun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-11-01
Mission Bay, San Diego, CA, USA
(c) cjackson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-11-01
Bird Refuge Rd, Corinne, UT, US
(c) swim_wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-11-01
Cowichan Valley, BC, Canada
(c) benmilligan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-11-01
8W35+3C, Parkgate, Neston CH64 6RL, UK
no rights reserved

2026-11-01
Aeroport, Québec, QC, CA
(c) mprainville, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Asio flammeus. BPBM 145039. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35234192. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-x/145039.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35234192 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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