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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

Birds Guide

Strigidae

External links