The species is listed as Near Threatened ... and California, according to All About Birds. It's estimated there are about 100,000 Barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and northern California.

Killing raptors can result in a misdemeanor offense in Utah, but killing as many as five raptors, one bald eagle or peregrine ...

To save the spotted owl, Trump plans to shoot hundreds of thousands of larger owls, but Congress says it’s too expensive.

Vizzachero carried out legally required efforts to see how projects, including prescribed burning and vegetation clearance, would affect the brown owls with white spots and other species of concern.

(THE CONVERSATION) An international team of biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island off the west coast of Africa.