Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barred owl \Barred" owl"\ (Zo["o]l.)
   A large American owl ({Syrnium nebulosum}); -- so called from
   the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.

Source : WordNet®

barred owl
     n : large owl of eastern North America having its breast and
         abdomen streaked with brown [syn: {Strix varia}]