 | light gray with heavily mottled brownish gray |
 | yellow irises long break dark brown outline of facial disc |
| (Photo of hindneck needed) | white spots on greater wing coverts and hindneck |
| (Closeup photo of feather needed) | dark gray feather shafts horizontal bars on feathers |
 | bristle tipped facial feathers (‘whiskers’) |
 | feet not feathered |
| 2 Phases | |
| gray phase |
| (Photo of red phase needed) | red/brown phase |
| 2 Subspecies: Whiskered Owl Arizona Whiskered Owl |