Birds Guide

Typical owls
Great Horned Owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae Vigors, 1825
Genera
Aegolius: saw-whet owls Asio: eared owls Athene Bubo: horned owls Ciccaba Glaucidium: pygmy owls Jubula 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 (family Tytonidae).

The nearly 200 species are, in taxonomic order:

• 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

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
  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

External links

• ITIS - Strigidae Taxonomy
• Typical owl videos on the Internet Bird Collection