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Strix occidentalis occidentalis (California spotted owl)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.336 lbs (606 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.424 lbs (646 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.248 lbs (566 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14.1 %

Prey / Diet

Glaucomys sabrinus (northern flying squirrel)[2]
Neotoma fuscipes (dusky-footed woodrat)[2]
Peromyscus californicus (California mouse)[2]
Peromyscus truei (pinyon mouse)[2]
Thomomys monticola (mountain pocket gopher)[2]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Gutiérrez, RJ, AB Franklin, and WS LaHaye. 1995. Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis). In A. Poole and F. Gill [eds.], The birds of North America, No. 179. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC
♦ 2General Biology of Major Prey Species of the California Spotted Owl, Daniel F. Williams, Jared Verner, Howard F. Sakai, and Jeffrey R. Waters, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-133. 1992. Chapter 10, pp. 207-221
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0