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Aegolius[?]: saw-whet owls
Asio[?]: eared owls Athene[?] Bubo: horned owls Ciccaba[?] Glaucidium[?]: pygmy-owls Jubula[?] Ketupa[?] Lophostrix[?] Micrathene[?]: elf owls Mimizuku[?] Nesasio[?] Ninox[?] Nyctea: Snowy Owl 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
- 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 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, Ketupa blakistoni
- Brown Fish-Owl[?], Ketupa zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish-Owl, Ketupa flavipes
- Buffy Fish-Owl, Ketupa ketupu
- Snowy Owl, Nyctea 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
- 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
- Northern 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 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177854)