Great Horned Owl

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Great Horned Owl

Entry/Object ID

NU 2023.100

Description

Full mount taxidermied specimen of a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). The body is a mottled brown with darker markings. There are tufts of feathers on either side of the top of the head, creating "horns". The underside is brown with dark horizontal barring. The specimen is perched on a rock-like base with its wings closed and head slightly tilted to its left. Family: Strigidae Genus: Bubo Species: Bubo virginianus

Collection

Natural History 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.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

under the base

Transcription

Horned Owl From Boyer Collection Feb. 8, 1944

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

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

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Material

Feather, Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Overall Condition

Fair