What Eats a Spectacled Owl

Because spectacled owls hide in foliage that hangs low, they are not easily detected by predators. They are sometimes preyed upon by larger birds (class Aves).

What would eat a owl?

Depending on the owl’s habitat, size and species, foxes, snakes, squirrels, wildcats and eagles are all owl predators. Most adult, healthy owls are considered safe from most predators but injured, small species or young owls do have a higher risk from predators. Owls have natural camouflage.

What is the Spectacled Owl diet?

The Spectacled Owl has a varied diet. It feeds on small mammals such as mice and bats and will take larger mammals like skunks and possums.