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How Big Is a Great Horned Owl?

A great horned owl is about 1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm) tall. That is about 3.1 times smaller than the average man. A big owl with feather tufts that look like horns.

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How big is a great horned owl compared to the average man?

A great horned owl is about 3.1 times smaller than the average man. The average man is 3.1× the size of a great horned owl: about 3.1 great horned owls stacked up would match it. By volume, about 45 great horned owls would fit inside the average man.

Great Horned Owl height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A great horned owl measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	1 ft 9.5 in
Inches	21.7 in
Centimeters	55 cm
Meters	0.55 m

Great Horned Owl size facts

Great horned owls are about 46 to 63 cm tall.
Their "horns" are just feathers.

How does a great horned owl compare to other things?

A great horned owl next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Great horned owl
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	2.53 billion× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	23.2 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	16,100× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	600× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	22.2× bigger
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	3.1× bigger
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3 ft 5 in (104 cm) bigger
Emperor penguin	3 ft 9 in (115 cm)	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) bigger
5-year-old	3 ft 7 in (110 cm)	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm) bigger
Labrador retriever	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) long	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm) bigger
Red fox	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) bigger
Fisher	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) bigger
Wolverine	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) bigger
Compsognathus	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) bigger
Bald eagle	2 ft 11.5 in (90 cm)	1 ft 2 in (35 cm) bigger
Pallas's cat	2 ft 9.5 in (85 cm) long	12 in (30 cm) bigger
Dodo	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm)	9.8 in (25 cm) bigger
1-year-old	2 ft 5.5 in (75 cm)	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
House cat	2 ft 5.5 in (75 cm) long	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
Common raven	2 ft 1 in (63 cm) long	3.1 in (8 cm) bigger
Jyoti Amge	2 ft 0.5 in (63 cm)	3.1 in (7.8 cm) bigger
Chandra Bahadur Dangi	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm)	0.16 in (4 mm) smaller
Newborn baby	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm)	2 in (5 cm) smaller
American crow	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) long	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Goliath birdeater	11 in (28 cm) long	11 in (27 cm) smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: Great horned owl by Matías Muñoz. See credits.