Order Strigiformes
Order Strigiformes (2 families, 4 subfamilies, 28 genera, 214 species)
- Family Strigidae (2 subfamiles, 26 genera, 196 species)
- Subfamily Buboninae (21 genera, 167 species)
- Genus Otus (44 species)
- Otus sagittatus
White-fronted Scops Owl
- Otus rufescens
Reddish Scops Owl or Rufous Scops Owl
- Otus icterorhynchus
Cinnamon Scops Owl or Sandy Scops Owl
- Otus irenae
Sokoke Scops Owl
- Otus spilocephalus
Mountain Scops Owl or Spotted Scops Owl
- Otus angelinae
Javan Scops Owl
- Otus mirus
Mindanao Scops Owl
- Otus Iongicornis
Luzon Scops Owl
- Otus mindorensis
Mindoro Scops Owl
- Otus alfredi
Flores Scops Owl
- Otus hartlaubi
São Thomé Scops Owl
- Otus balli
Andaman Scops Owl
- Otus rutilus
Madagascar Scops Owl or Malagasy Scops Owl
- Otus pauliani
Grand Comoro Scops Owl
- Otus capnodes
Anjouan Scops Owl
- Otus moheliensis
Mohéli Scops Owl
- Otus pembaensis
Pemba Scops Owl
- Otus flammeolus
Flammulated Owl
- Otus scops
Common Scops Owl or Eurasian Scops Owl
- Otus brucei
Pallid Scops Owl or Striated Scops Owl
- Otus senegalensis
African Scops Owl
- Otus sunia
Oriental Scops Owl
- Otus elegans
Ryukyu Scops Owl or Elegant Scops Owl
- Otus mantananensis
Mantanani Scops Owl
- Otus magicus
Moluccan Scops Owl
- Otus beccarii
Biak island Scops Owl or Beccari Scops Owl
- Otus insularis
Seychelles Scops Owl or Bare-legged Scops Owl
- Otus manadensis
Celebes Scops Owl, Sulawesi Scops Owl, or Magic Scops Owl
- Otus collari
Sangihe Scops Owl
- Otus alius
Nicobar Scops Owl
- Otus umbra
Mentaur Scops Owl or Simeulue Scops Owl
- Otus enganensis
Enggano Scops Owl
- Otus brookii
Rajah's Scops Owl
- Otus lempiji
Sunda Scops Owl (formerly grouped with Collared Scops)
- Otus lettia
Collared Scops Owl
- Otus bakkamoena
Indian Scops Owl (formerly grouped with Collared Scops)
- Otus semitorques
Japanese Scops Owl
- Otus megalotis
Philipine Scops Owl or Whitehead's Scops Owl
- Otus mentawi
Mentawai Scops Owl
- Otus fuliginosus
Palawan Scops Owl
- Otus silvicola
Lesser Sunda Scops Owl or Wallace's Scops Owl
- Otus podarginus
Palau Scops Owl
- Otus leucotis
Northern White-faced Scops Owl
- Otus granti
Southern White-faced Scops Owl (formerly subspecies of above)
- Genus Megascops (26 species)
Screech Owl
- Megascops kennicottii
Western Screech Owl
- Megascops asio
Eastern Screech Owl
- Megascops lambi
Oaxaca Screech Owl
- Megascops cooperi
Pacific Screech Owl
- Megascops trichopsis
Whiskered Screech Owl or Spotted Screech Owl
- Megascops barbarus
Bearded Screech Owl, Bridled Screech Owl
- Megascops seductus
Balsas Screech Owl
- Megascops clarkii
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
- Megascops choliba
Tropical Screech Owl
- Megascops koepckeae
Maria Koepcke's Screech Owl
- Megascops roboratus
Dark-crowned Screech Owl or Peruvian Screech Owl
- Megascops hoyi
Montane Forest Owl
- Megascops ingens
Rufescent Screech Owl
- Megascops marshalli
Cloud Forest Screech Owl
- Megascops colombianus
Colombian Screech Owl
- Megascops petersoni
Cinnamon Screech Owl
- Megascops watsonii
Northern Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
- Megascops usta
Southern Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
- Megascops atricapillus
Black-capped Screech Owl
- Megascops sanctaecatarina
Long-tufted Screech Owl
- Megascops vermiculatus
Vermiculated Screech Owl
- Megascops roraimae
Roraima Screech Owl
- Megascops guatemalae
Guatemalan Screech Owl
- Megascops napensis
Rio Napo Screech Owl
- Megascops nudipes
Puerto Rican Screech Owl
- Megascops albogularis
White-throated Screech Owl
- Genus Gymnoglaux (1 species)
- Gymnoglaux lawrencii
Bare-legged Owl or Cuban Screech Owl
- Genus Mimizuku (1 species)
- Mimizuku gurneyi
Giant Scops Owl, Lesser Eagle Owl, or Mindanao Owl
- Genus Jubula (1 species)
- Genus Lophostrix (1 species)
- Lophostrix cristata
Crested Owl
- Genus Bubo (16 species)
- Bubo virginianus
Horned Owl
- Bubo magellanicus
Magellan Horned Owl
- Bubo bubo
Eurasian Eagle Owl
- Bubo ascalaphus
Desert Eagle Owl or Pharaoh Eagle Owl
- Bubo bengalensis
Indian Eagle Owl, Rock Eagle Owl, or Bengal Eagle Owl
- Bubo capensis
Cape Eagle Owl
- Bubo leucostictus
Sooty Eagle Owl or Akun Eagle Owl
- Bubo africanus
Spotted Eagle Owl or African Eagle Owl
- Bubo cinerascens
Vermiculated Eagle Owl
- Bubo poensis
Fraser's Eagle Owl, Usambara Eagle Owl, or Nduk Eagle Owl
- Bubo lacteus
Verreaux's Eagle Owl or Milky Eagle Owl
- Bubo shelleyi
Shelley's Eagle Owl
- Bubo sumatrana
Bared Eagle Owl, Malay Eagle Owl, Oriental Eagle Owl
- Bubo nipalensis
Forest Eagle Owl, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
- Bubo coromandus
Dusky Eagle Owl
- Bubo philippensis
Philippine Eagle Owl
- Genus Ketupa (4 species)
- Ketupa ketupa
Malay Fish Owl or Buffy Fish Owl
- Ketupa flavipes
Tawny Fish Owl
- Ketupa zeylonensis
Brown Fish Owl
- Ketupa blakistoni
Blakiston's Fish Owl
- Genus Scotopelia (3 species)
- Scotopelia peli
Pel's Fishing Owl
- Scotopelia bouvieri
Vermiculated Fishing Owl
- Scotopelia ussheri
Rufous Fishing Owl
- Genus Nyctea (1 species)
- Genus Pulsatrix (4 species)
- Pulsatrix perspicillata
Spectacled Owl
- Pulsatrix pulsatrix
Short-browed Owl
- Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
Tawny-browed Owl or White-chinned Owl
- Pulsatrix melanota
Band-bellied Owl
- Genus Surnia (1 species)
- Surnia ulula
Northern Hawk Owl
- Genus Glaucidium (22 species)
- Glaucidium passerinum
Eurasian Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium perlatum
Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Glaucidium tephronotum
Red-chested Owlet
- Glaucidium californicum
Northern Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium gnoma
Mountain Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium hoskinsii
Cape Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium nubicola
Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium siju
Cuban Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium sanchezi
Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium palmarum
Colima Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium griseiceps
Central American Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium minutissimum
Least Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium hardyi
Amazonian Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium parkeri
Subtropical Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium jardinii
Andean Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium bolivianum
Yungas Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium peruanum
Peruvian Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium nanum
Austral Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium brasilianum
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium ridgwayi
Ridgway's Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium tucumanum
Chaco Pygmy Owl
- Glaucidium brodiei
Collared Owlet or Collared Pygmy Owl
- Genus Taenioglaux (8 species)
- Glaucidium radiatum
Jungle Owlet
- Glaucidium castanonotum
Chesnut-backed Owlet
- Glaucidium sjöstedti
Sjöstedt's Owlet or Splendid Owlet
- Glaucidium capense
African Barred Owlet
- Glaucidium castaneum
Chesnut Owlet
- Glaucidium albertinum
Albertine Owlet or Prigogine's Owlet
- Glaucidium cuculoides
Cuckoo Owlet, Asian Barred Owlet
- Glaucidium castanopterum
Javan Owlet, Chesnut-winged Owlet, or Spadiced Owlet
- Genus Xenoglaux (1 species)
- Xenoglaux loweryi
Long-whiskered Owlet
- Genus Micrathene (1 species)
- Micrathene whitneyi
Elf Owl
- Genus Uroglaux (1 species)
- Uroglaux dimorpha
New Guinea Hawk Owl, Papuan Hawk Owl
- Genus Ninox (21 species)
- Ninox rufa
Rufous Owl
- Ninox strenua
Powerful Owl or Great Hawk Owl
- Ninox connivens
Barking Owl or Winking Owl
- Ninox novaeseelandiae
Morepork or New Zealand Boobook Owl
- Ninox boobook
Boobook Owl or Spotted Hawk Owl
- Ninox rudolfi
Sumba Boobook Owl
- Ninox scutulata
Oriental Hawk Owl or Brown Hawk Owl
- Ninox affinis
Andaman Hawk Owl
- Ninox superciliaris
Madagascar Hawk Owl or White-browed Hawk Owl
- Ninox philippensis
Philippine Hawk Owl
- Ninox mindorensis
Mindoro Hawk Owl
- Ninox ochracea
Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl
- Ninox ios
Cinnabar Hawk Owl
- Ninox jacquinota
Solomon Islands Hawk Owl
- Ninox theomacha
Sooty-backed Hawk Owl, Jungle Hawk Owl, Chesnut Hawk Owl, or Brown Owl
- Ninox punctulata
Speckled Hawk Owl
- Ninox odiosa
New Britain Hawk Owl or Russet Hawk Owl
- Ninox squampilia
Moluccan Hawk Owl or Indonesian Hawk Owl
- Ninox natalis
Christmas Island Hawk Owl
- Ninox meeki
Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl or Manus Hawk Owl
- Ninox variegata
Bismarck Hawk Owl or New Ireland Hawk Owl
- Genus Athene (4 species)
- Athene noctua
Little Owl
- Athene brama
Spotted Owlet or Spotted Little Owl
- Athene blewitti
Forest Spotted Owlet or Blewitt's Owl
- Athene cunicularia
Burrowing Owl
- Genus Sceloglaux (1 species)
- Sceloglaux albifacies
Laughing Owl or White-faced Owl
- Genus Ciccaba (5 species)
- Ciccaba virgata
Mottled Owl
- Ciccaba nigrolineata
Black and White Owl
- Ciccaba huhula
Black-banded Owl
- Ciccaba albitarsus
Rufous-banded Owl
- Ciccaba woodfordii
African Wood Owl
- Subfamily Striginae (5 genera, 29 species)
- Genus Strix (16 species)
- Strix seloputo
Spotted Wood Owl
- Strix ocellata
Mottled Wood Owl
- Strix occidentalis
Spotted Owl
- Strix fulvescens
Fulvous Owl or Guatemala Barred Owl
- Strix varia
Barred Owl
- Strix davidi
David's Wood Owl or Sichuan Wood Owl
- Strix uralensis
Ural Owl
- Strix nebulosa
Great Gray Owl, Lapland Owl, or Lapp Owl
- Strix aluco
Tawny Owl
- Strix butleri
Hume's Tawny Owl, Hume's Owl
- Strix leptogrammica
Brown Wood Owl
- Strix bartelsi
Bartels' Wood Owl
- Strix newarensis
Himalayan Wood Owl
- Strix rufipes
Rufous-legged Owl
- Strix chacoensis
Chaco Owl
- Strix hylophila
Brazilian Owl or Rusty-barred Owl
- Genus Asio (7 species)
- Asio stygius
Stygian Owl
- Asio otus
Long-eared Owl
- Asio abyssinicus
Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
- Asio madagascariensis
Madagascar Long-eared Owl
- Asio clamator
Striped Owl
- Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
- Asio capensis
African Marsh Owl
- Genus Pseudoscops (1 species)
- Pseudoscops grammicus
Jamaican Owl
- Genus Nesasio (1 species)
- Nesasio solomonensis
Fearful Owl
- Genus Aegolius (4 species)
- Aegolius funereus
Boreal Owl or Tengmalm's Owl
- Aegolius acadius
Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Aegolius ridgwayi
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
- Aegolius harrisii
Buff-fronted Owl
- Family Tytonidae (2 subfamilies, 2 genera, 18 species)
- Subfamily Tytoninae (1 genera, 17 species)
- Genus Tyto (17 species)
- Tyto alba
Barn Owl
- Tyto deroepstorffi
Andaman Masked Owl
- Tyto glaucops
Ashy-faced Barn Owl or Hispaniolan Barn Owl
- Tyto soumagnei
Soumagnes Grass Owl, Madagascar Grass Owl, or Madagascar Red Owl
- Tyto aurantia
New Britain Barn Owl or New Britain Masked Owl
- Tyto nigrobrunnea
Sula Island Masked Owl or Taliabu Masked Owl
- Tyto longimembris
Eastern Grass Owl
- Tyto capensis
Common Grass Owl or African Grass Owl
- Tyto sororcula
Lesser Masked Owl
- Tyto manusi
Manus Masked Owl
- Tyto novaehollandiae
Australian Masked Owl
- Tyto castanops
Tasmanian Masked Owl (formerly subspecies of above)
- Tyto rosenbergii
Celebes Barn Owl or Sulawesi Masked Owl
- Tyto inexspectata
Minahassa Barn Owl or Minahassa Masked Owl
- Tyto multipunctata
Lesser Sooty Owl
- Tyto tenebricosa
Sooty Owl
- Tyto prigoginei
Congo Bay Owl, African Bay Owl or Itombwe Owl
- Subfamily Phodilinae (1 genus, 1 species)
- Genus Phodilus (1 species)
- Phodilus badius
Asian Bay Owl
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