Strigidae
Bird family with 228 species
Species
Abyssinian Owl
(Asio abyssinicus)
African Barred Owlet
(Glaucidium capense)
African Scops Owl
(Otus senegalensis)
African Wood Owl
(Strix woodfordii)
Akun Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa leucosticta)
Albertine Owlet
(Glaucidium albertinum)
Alor Boobook
(Ninox plesseni)
Amazonian Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium hardyi)
Andaman Boobook
(Ninox affinis)
Andaman Scops Owl
(Otus balli)
Andean Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium jardinii)
Anjouan Scops Owl
(Otus capnodes)
Arabian Eagle-Owl
(Bubo milesi)
Arabian Scops Owl
(Otus pamelae)
Asian Barred Owlet
(Glaucidium cuculoides)
Austral Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium nana)
Australian Boobook
(Ninox boobook)
Balsas Screech Owl
(Megascops seductus)
Band-bellied Owl
(Pulsatrix melanota)
Banggai Scops Owl
(Otus mendeni)
Bare-legged Owl
(Margarobyas lawrencii)
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
(Megascops clarkii)
Barking Owl
(Ninox connivens)
Barred Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa sumatrana)
Barred Owl
(Strix varia)
Bearded Screech Owl
(Megascops barbarus)
Bermuda Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius gradyi)
Biak Scops Owl
(Otus beccarii)
Black-and-white Owl
(Strix nigrolineata)
Black-banded Owl
(Strix huhula)
Black-capped Screech Owl
(Megascops atricapilla)
Blakiston's Fish Owl
(Ketupa blakistoni)
Boreal Owl
(Aegolius funereus)
Brown Boobook
(Ninox scutulata)
Brown Fish Owl
(Ketupa zeylonensis)
Brown Wood Owl
(Strix leptogrammica)
Buff-fronted Owl
(Aegolius harrisii)
Buffy Fish Owl
(Ketupa ketupu)
Burrowing Owl
(Athene cunicularia)
Buru Boobook
(Ninox hantu)
Camiguin Boobook
(Ninox leventisi)
Cape Eagle-Owl
(Bubo capensis)
Cebu Boobook
(Ninox rumseyi)
Central American Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium griseiceps)
Chaco Owl
(Strix chacoensis)
Chestnut-backed Owlet
(Glaucidium castanotum)
Choco Screech Owl
(Megascops centralis)
Chocolate Boobook
(Ninox randi)
Christmas Boobook
(Ninox natalis)
Cinereous Owl
(Strix sartorii)
Cinnabar Boobook
(Ninox ios)
Cinnamon Screech Owl
(Megascops petersoni)
Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium nubicola)
Cloud-forest Screech Owl
(Megascops marshalli)
Colima Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium palmarum)
Collared Owlet
(Taenioptynx brodiei)
Collared Scops Owl
(Otus lettia)
Costa Rican Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium costaricanum)
Crested Owl
(Lophostrix cristata)
Cuban Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium siju)
Cyprus Scops Owl
(Otus cyprius)
Desert Owl
(Strix hadorami)
Dusky Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa coromanda)
East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium minutissimum)
Eastern Screech Owl
(Megascops asio)
Elf Owl
(Micrathene whitneyi)
Enggano Scops Owl
(Otus enganensis)
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
(Bubo bubo)
Eurasian Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium passerinum)
Eurasian Scops Owl
(Otus scops)
Everett's Scops Owl
(Otus everetti)
Fearful Owl
(Asio solomonensis)
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium brasilianum)
Flammulated Owl
(Psiloscops flammeolus)
Flores Scops Owl
(Otus alfredi)
Foothill Screech Owl
(Megascops roraimae)
Forest Owlet
(Athene blewitti)
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa poensis)
Fulvous Owl
(Strix fulvescens)
Giant Scops Owl
(Otus gurneyi)
Great Grey Owl
(Strix nebulosa)
Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)
Great Sumba Boobook
(Ninox rudolfi)
Greyish Eagle-Owl
(Bubo cinerascens)
Guadalcanal Owl
(Athene granti)
Halmahera Boobook
(Ninox hypogramma)
Himalayan Owl
(Strix nivicolum)
Hume's Boobook
(Ninox obscura)
Indian Eagle-Owl
(Bubo bengalensis)
Indian Scops Owl
(Otus bakkamoena)
Jamaican Owl
(Asio grammicus)
Japanese Scops Owl
(Otus semitorques)
Javan Owlet
(Glaucidium castanopterum)
Javan Scops Owl
(Otus angelinae)
Jungle Owlet
(Glaucidium radiatum)
Karthala Scops Owl
(Otus pauliani)
Koepcke's Screech Owl
(Megascops koepckeae)
Laughing Owl
(Ninox albifacies)
Lesser Horned Owl
(Bubo magellanicus)
Little Owl
(Athene noctua)
Little Sumba Boobook
(Ninox sumbaensis)
Long-eared Owl
(Asio otus)
Long-tufted Screech Owl
(Megascops sanctaecatarinae)
Long-whiskered Owlet
(Xenoglaux loweryi)
Luzon Boobook
(Ninox philippensis)
Luzon Scops Owl
(Otus longicornis)
Madagascar Owl
(Asio madagascariensis)
Madagascar Scops Owl
(Otus rutilus)
Makira Owl
(Athene roseoaxillaris)
Malaita Owl
(Athene malaitae)
Maned Owl
(Jubula lettii)
Mantanani Scops Owl
(Otus mantananensis)
Manus Boobook
(Ninox meeki)
Marsh Owl
(Asio capensis)
Mauritius Scops Owl
(Otus sauzieri)
Mayotte Scops Owl
(Otus mayottensis)
Mentawai Scops Owl
(Otus mentawi)
Middle American Screech Owl
(Megascops guatemalae)
Mindanao Boobook
(Ninox spilocephala)
Mindanao Scops Owl
(Otus mirus)
Mindoro Boobook
(Ninox mindorensis)
Mindoro Scops Owl
(Otus mindorensis)
Moheli Scops Owl
(Otus moheliensis)
Moluccan Scops Owl
(Otus magicus)
Morepork
(Ninox novaeseelandiae)
Mottled Owl
(Strix virgata)
Mottled Wood Owl
(Strix ocellata)
Mountain Scops Owl
(Otus spilocephalus)
Negros Scops Owl
(Otus nigrorum)
New Britain Boobook
(Ninox odiosa)
New Ireland Boobook
(Ninox variegata)
Nicobar Scops Owl
(Otus alius)
Northern Boobook
(Ninox japonica)
Northern Hawk-Owl
(Surnia ulula)
Northern Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium gnoma)
Northern Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius acadicus)
Northern White-faced Owl
(Ptilopsis leucotis)
Ochre-bellied Boobook
(Ninox ochracea)
Omani Owl
(Strix butleri)
Oriental Scops Owl
(Otus sunia)
Pacific Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium peruanum)
Pacific Screech Owl
(Megascops cooperi)
Palau Scops Owl
(Otus podarginus)
Palawan Scops Owl
(Otus fuliginosus)
Pallid Scops Owl
(Otus brucei)
Papuan Boobook
(Ninox theomacha)
Papuan Hawk-Owl
(Uroglaux dimorpha)
Pearl-spotted Owlet
(Glaucidium perlatum)
Pel's Fishing Owl
(Scotopelia peli)
Pemba Scops Owl
(Otus pembaensis)
Pernambuco Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium mooreorum)
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
(Bubo ascalaphus)
Philippine Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa philippensis)
Philippine Scops Owl
(Otus megalotis)
Powerful Owl
(Ninox strenua)
Principe Scops Owl
(Otus bikegila)
Puerto Rican Owl
(Gymnasio nudipes)
Rajah Scops Owl
(Otus brookii)
Red-chested Owlet
(Glaucidium tephronotum)
Reddish Scops Owl
(Otus rufescens)
Reunion Scops Owl
(Otus grucheti)
Rinjani Scops Owl
(Otus jolandae)
Rodrigues Scops Owl
(Otus murivorus)
Romblon Boobook
(Ninox spilonotus)
Rote Boobook
(Ninox rotiensis)
Rufescent Screech Owl
(Megascops ingens)
Rufous Fishing Owl
(Scotopelia ussheri)
Rufous Owl
(Ninox rufa)
Rufous-banded Owl
(Strix albitarsis)
Rufous-legged Owl
(Strix rufipes)
Rusty-barred Owl
(Strix hylophila)
Ryukyu Scops Owl
(Otus elegans)
Sandy Scops Owl
(Otus icterorhynchus)
Sangihe Scops Owl
(Otus collari)
Santa Marta Screech Owl
(Megascops gilesi)
Sao Tome Scops Owl
(Otus hartlaubi)
Seram Boobook
(Ninox squamipila)
Serendib Scops Owl
(Otus thilohoffmanni)
Seychelles Scops Owl
(Otus insularis)
Shelley's Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa shelleyi)
Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus)
Siau Scops Owl
(Otus siaoensis)
Simeulue Scops Owl
(Otus umbra)
Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet
(Glaucidium sjostedti)
Snowy Owl
(Bubo scandiacus)
Socotra Scops Owl
(Otus socotranus)
Sokoke Scops Owl
(Otus ireneae)
Southern White-faced Owl
(Ptilopsis granti)
Speckled Boobook
(Ninox punctulata)
Spectacled Owl
(Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa nipalensis)
Spotted Eagle-Owl
(Bubo africanus)
Spotted Owl
(Strix occidentalis)
Spotted Owlet
(Athene brama)
Spotted Wood Owl
(Strix seloputo)
Striped Owl
(Asio clamator)
Stygian Owl
(Asio stygius)
Subtropical Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium parkeri)
Sula Scops Owl
(Otus sulaensis)
Sulawesi Scops Owl
(Otus manadensis)
Sulu Boobook
(Ninox reyi)
Sunda Owlet
(Taenioptynx sylvaticus)
Sunda Scops Owl
(Otus lempiji)
Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium sanchezi)
Tanimbar Boobook
(Ninox forbesi)
Tasmanian Boobook
(Ninox leucopsis)
Tawny Fish Owl
(Ketupa flavipes)
Tawny Owl
(Strix aluco)
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
(Megascops watsonii)
Tawny-browed Owl
(Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana)
Timor Boobook
(Ninox fusca)
Togian Boobook
(Ninox burhani)
Tropical Screech Owl
(Megascops choliba)
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius ridgwayi)
Ural Owl
(Strix uralensis)
Vermiculated Fishing Owl
(Scotopelia bouvieri)
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
(Ketupa lactea)
Wallace's Scops Owl
(Otus silvicola)
West Peruvian Screech Owl
(Megascops roboratus)
West Solomons Owl
(Athene jacquinoti)
Western Screech Owl
(Megascops kennicottii)
Wetar Scops Owl
(Otus tempestatis)
Whiskered Screech Owl
(Megascops trichopsis)
White-browed Owl
(Athene superciliaris)
White-fronted Scops Owl
(Otus sagittatus)
White-throated Screech Owl
(Megascops albogularis)
Yungas Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium bolivianum)
Yungas Screech Owl
(Megascops hoyi)
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