Magellanic Horned Owl

Magellanic Horned Owl

Bubo magellanicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Nahuel Huapi National Park
10 Verified records at Nahuel Huapi National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Magellanic Horned Owl sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nahuel Huapi National Park

Austral Pygmy-Owl
LC

Austral Pygmy-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glaucidium nana

<5% · Rare
Rufous-legged Owl
LC

Rufous-legged Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix rufipes

<5% · Rare
Short-eared Owl
LC Endemic

Short-eared Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Asio flammeus

Insufficient data
American Barn Owl

American Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto furcata

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
<5%
2 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
3 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
<5%
4 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
5 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
6 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Magellanic Horned Owl in Nahuel Huapi National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Magellanic Horned Owl sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Magellanic Horned Owl in Nahuel Huapi National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Magellanic Horned Owl in Nahuel Huapi National Park in our monthly data.

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