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 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

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