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Typical owl

Aegolius : saw-whet owls
Asio : eared owls
Athene
Bubo: horned owls
Ciccaba
Glaucidium : pygmy owls
Jubula
Ketupa
Lophostrix
Micrathene: elf owls
Mimizuku
Nesasio
Ninox
Otus: scops owls
Pseudoscops
Pulsatrix
Pyrroglaux : palau owls
Sceloglaux
Scotopelia
Speotyto
Strix: earless owls
Surnia: hawk owls
Uroglaux
Xenoglaux Typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls.

The nearly 200 species are:

  • White-fronted Scops Owl , Otus sagittatus
  • Andaman Scops Owl , Otus balli
  • Reddish Scops Owl , Otus rufescens
  • Serendib Scops Owl, Otus thilohoffmanni
  • Sandy Scops Owl , Otus icterorhynchus
  • Sokoke Scops Owl , Otus ireneae
  • Flores Scops Owl , Otus alfredi
  • Mountain Scops Owl , Otus spilocephalus
  • Rajah Scops Owl , Otus brookii
  • Javan Scops Owl , Otus angelinae
  • Mentawai Scops Owl , Otus mentawi
  • Indian Scops Owl, Otus bakkamoena
  • Collared Scops Owl, Otus (bakkamoena) lettia
  • Sunda Scops Owl , Otus lempiji
  • Japanese Scops Owl, Otus semitorques
  • Wallace's Scops Owl , Otus silvicola
  • Palawan Scops Owl , Otus fuliginosus
  • Philippine Scops Owl, Otus megalotis
  • Mindanao Scops Owl , Otus mirus
  • Luzon Scops Owl , Otus longicornis
  • Mindoro Scops Owl , Otus mindorensis
  • Pallid Scops Owl , Otus brucei
  • African Scops Owl , Otus senegalensis
  • European Scops Owl, Otus scops
  • Oriental Scops Owl , Otus sunia
  • Flammulated Owl, Otus flammeolus
  • Moluccan Scops Owl , Otus magicus
  • Mantanani Scops Owl , Otus mantananensis
  • Ryukyu Scops Owl , Otus elegans
  • Sulawesi Scops Owl , Otus manadensis
  • Sangihe Scops Owl , Otus collari
  • Biak Scops Owl , Otus beccarii
  • Seychelles Scops Owl , Otus insularis
  • Simeulue Scops Owl , Otus umbra
  • Enggano Scops Owl , Otus enganensis
  • Nicobar Scops Owl , Otus alius
  • Pemba Scops Owl , Otus pembaensis
  • Comoro Scops Owl , Otus pauliani
  • Anjouan Scops Owl , Otus capnodes
  • Moheli Scops Owl , Otus moheliensis
  • Mayotte Scops Owl , Otus mayottensis
  • Malagasy Scops Owl , Otus rutilus
  • Torotoroka Scops Owl , Otus madagascariensis
  • Sao Tome Scops Owl , Otus hartlaubi
  • Western Screech Owl, Otus kennicottii
  • Balsas Screech Owl , Otus seductus
  • Pacific Screech Owl , Otus cooperi
  • Whiskered Screech Owl , Otus trichopsis
  • Eastern Screech Owl, Otus asio
  • Tropical Screech Owl , Otus choliba
  • Koepcke's Screech Owl , Otus koepckeae
  • West Peruvian Screech Owl , Otus roboratus
  • Bare-shanked Screech Owl , Otus clarkii
  • Bearded Screech Owl , Otus barbarus
  • Rufescent Screech Owl , Otus ingens
  • Colombian Screech Owl , Otus colombianus
  • Cinnamon Screech Owl , Otus petersoni
  • Cloud-forest Screech Owl , Otus marshalli
  • Tawny-bellied Screech Owl , Otus watsonii
  • Guatemalan Screech Owl , Otus guatemalae
  • Vermiculated Screech Owl , Otus vermiculatus
  • Hoy's Screech Owl , Otus hoyi
  • Variable Screech Owl , Otus atricapillus
  • Long-tufted Screech Owl , Otus sanctaecatarinae
  • Puerto Rican Screech Owl , Otus nudipes
  • White-throated Screech Owl , Otus albogularis
  • Palau Owl , Pyrroglaux podarginus
  • Cuban Screech Owl , Gymnoglaux lawrencii
  • Northern White-faced Owl , Ptilopsis leucotis
  • Southern White-faced Owl , Ptilopsis granti
  • Mindanao Eagle Owl , Mimizuku gurneyi

See horned owl for more on the following horned and eagle owls.

  • Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
  • Magellanic Horned Owl , Bubo magellanicus
  • Eurasian Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo
  • Rock Eagle Owl , Bubo bengalensis
  • Pharaoh Eagle Owl , Bubo ascalaphus
  • Cape Eagle Owl , Bubo capensis
  • Spotted Eagle Owl , Bubo africanus
  • Grayish Eagle Owl , Bubo cinerascens
  • Fraser's Eagle Owl , Bubo poensis
  • Usambara Eagle Owl , Bubo vosseleri
  • Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Bubo nipalensis
  • Barred Eagle Owl , Bubo sumatranus
  • Shelley's Eagle Owl , Bubo shelleyi
  • Verreaux's Eagle Owl , Bubo lacteus
  • Dusky Eagle Owl , Bubo coromandus
  • Akun Eagle Owl , Bubo leucostictus
  • Philippine Eagle Owl , Bubo philippensis
  • Blakiston's Fish Owl, Bubo blakistoni
  • Brown Fish Owl, Bubo zeylonensis
  • Tawny Fish Owl , Bubo flavipes
  • Buffy Fish Owl , Bubo ketupu
  • Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiaca
  • Pel's Fishing Owl , Scotopelia peli
  • Rufous Fishing Owl , Scotopelia ussheri
  • Vermiculated Fishing Owl , Scotopelia bouvieri
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Tawny Owl
  • Spotted Wood Owl , Strix seloputo
  • Mottled Wood Owl , Strix ocellata
  • Brown Wood Owl, Strix leptogrammica
  • Tawny Owl, Strix aluco
  • Hume's Owl, Strix butleri
  • Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis
  • Barred Owl, Strix varia
  • Fulvous Owl , Strix fulvescens
  • Rusty-barred Owl , Strix hylophila
  • Rufous-legged Owl , Strix rufipes
  • Chaco Owl , Strix chacoensis
  • Ural Owl, Strix uralensis
  • Pere David's Owl , Strix davidi
  • Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulosa
  • African Wood Owl , Strix woodfordii
  • Mottled Owl , Ciccaba virgata
  • Black-and-white Owl , Ciccaba nigrolineata
  • Black-banded Owl , Ciccaba huhula
  • Rufous-banded Owl , Ciccaba albitarsis
  • Crested Owl , Lophostrix cristata
  • Maned Owl , Jubula lettii
  • Spectacled Owl , Pulsatrix perspicillata
  • Tawny-browed Owl , Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
  • Band-bellied Owl , Pulsatrix melanota
  • Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum
  • Collared Owlet , Glaucidium brodiei
  • Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum
  • Northern Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium californicum
  • Mountain Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium gnoma
  • Guatemalan Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium cobanense
  • Cape Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium hoskinsii
  • Costa Rican Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium costaricanum
  • Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium nubicola
  • Andean Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium jardinii
  • Colima Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium palmarum
  • Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium sanchezi
  • Central American Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium griseiceps
  • Subtropical Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium parkeri
  • Yungas Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium bolivianum
  • Amazonian Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium hardyi
  • Least Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium minutissimum
  • Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
  • Tucuman Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium tucumanum
  • Peruvian Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium peruanum
  • Austral Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium nanum
  • Cuban Pygmy Owl , Glaucidium siju
  • Red-chested Owlet , Glaucidium tephronotum
  • Sjostedt's Owlet , Glaucidium sjostedti
  • Asian Barred Owlet , Glaucidium cuculoides
  • Javan Owlet , Glaucidium castanopterum
  • Jungle Owlet , Glaucidium radiatum
  • Chestnut-backed Owlet, Glaucidium castanonotum
  • African Barred Owlet , Glaucidium capense
  • Chestnut Owlet , Glaucidium castaneum
  • Albertine Owlet , Glaucidium albertinum
  • Long-whiskered Owlet , Xenoglaux loweryi
  • Rufous Owl , Ninox rufa
  • Powerful Owl , Ninox strenua
  • Barking Owl , Ninox connivens
  • Sumba Boobook , Ninox rudolfi
  • Southern Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae, sometimes split as
    • Morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae,
    • Southern Boobook, Ninox boobook
  • Andaman Hawk Owl , Ninox affinis
  • Brown Hawk Owl, Ninox scutulata
  • White-browed Owl , Ninox superciliaris
  • Philippine Hawk Owl , Ninox philippensis
  • Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl , Ninox ochracea
  • Cinnabar Hawk Owl , Ninox ios
  • Moluccan Hawk Owl , Ninox squamipila
  • Christmas Island Hawk Owl , Ninox natalis
  • Jungle Hawk Owl , Ninox theomacha
  • Manus Hawk Owl , Ninox meeki
  • Speckled Hawk Owl , Ninox punctulata
  • Bismarck Hawk Owl , Ninox variegata
  • New Britain Hawk Owl , Ninox odiosa
  • Solomon Hawk Owl , Ninox jacquinoti


  • Papuan Hawk Owl , Uroglaux dimorpha
  • Jamaican Owl , Pseudoscops grammicus
  • Striped Owl , Pseudoscops clamator
  • Stygian Owl , Asio stygius
  • Fearful Owl , Nesasio solomonensis


External links

ITIS - Strigidae Taxonomy

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