Typical owl

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
• 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

• 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

• Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula

• 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

• Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi

• Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
• Spotted Owlet, Athene brama
• Forest Owlet, Athene blewitti
• Little Owl, Athene noctua

• Tengmalm's Owl or Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus
• Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
• Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius ridgwayi
• Buff-fronted Owl, Aegolius harrisii

• 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

• Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
• African Long-eared Owl, Asio abyssinicus
• Madagascar Long-eared Owl, Asio madagascariensis
• Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
• Marsh Owl, Asio capensis

• Fearful Owl, Nesasio solomonensis

See also: Barn owls

External Link

ITIS - Strigidae Taxonomy