Great Horned Owl

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Great Horned Owl

Entry/Object ID

NU 2023.98

Description

Full mount taxidermied specimen of a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus). The underparts of the specimen are light with brown horizontal barring; the upper parts and upper wings are mottled brown with darker markings. There are tufts of feathers on either side of the top of the head, creating "horns". The specimen is perched on a branch with its wings closed and the head is slightly tilted to its left. Family: Strigidae Genus: Bubo Species: Bubo virginianus

Collection

Natural History Collection, Dana Bird Collection

Cataloged By

collectionsintern@numulosgatos.org

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

North America, South America

Notes

The breeding habitat of the great horned owl extends high into the subarctic of North America, where they are found up to the northwestern and southern Mackenzie Mountains, Keewatin, Ontario, northern Manitoba, Fort Chimo in Ungava, Okak, Newfoundland and Labrador, Anticosti Island and Prince Edward Island. They are distributed throughout most of North America and very spottily in Central America and then down into South America south to upland regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Specimen, Animal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Biospecimen

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mount, Taxidermy

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Decorative Furnishings

Nomenclature Class

Biological T&E

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

NH 30

Dimensions

Height

23-1/2 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Length

16 in

Material

Feather, Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana

Owner/Agent

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Jul 30, 1968