OWLS - STRIGIFORMES
Here you will find all owls (Strigiformes) from the subfamilies Strigidae (forest, snow, long-eared owls and eagle owls), Tytonidae (barn owls and grass owls), which occur throughout the world (243 species). Find the owl species below and click on the link for more information.
- African Barred Owlet (Glaucidium capense)
- African Grass-owl (Tyto capensis)
- African Long-eared Owl (Asio abyssinicus)
- African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis)
- African wood-owl (Strix woodfordii)
- Akun eagle-owl (Bubo leucostictus)
- Albertine Owlet (Glaucidium albertinum)
- Alor Boobook (Ninox plesseni)
- Amazonian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium hardyi)
- Andaman Hawk-owl (Ninox affinis)
- Andaman scops owl (Otus balli)
- Andean Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium jardinii)
- Anjouan Scops-owl (Otus capnodes)
- Annobon Scops-Owl (Otus feae)
- Arabian Eagle-Owl (Bubo milesi)
- Arabian Scops-Owl (Otus pamelae)
- Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops)
- Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
- Austral Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nana)
- Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Australian Masked-owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)
- Balsas Screech-Owl (Megascops seductus)
- Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota)
- Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl (Megascops clarkii)
- Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- Barred Eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus)
- Barred Owl (Strix varia)
- Bearded Screech-owl (Megascops barbarus)
- Bermuda Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius gradyi)
- Biak Scops-owl (Otus beccarii)
- Bismarck Hawk-owl (Ninox variegata)
- Bismarck Masked-owl (Tyto aurantia)
- Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata)
- Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula)
- Black-capped Screech-owl (Megascops atricapilla)
- Blakiston's Fish-owl (Bubo blakistoni)
- Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
- Brown Fish-owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
- Brown Hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)
- Brown Wood-owl (Strix leptogrammica)
- Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii)
- Buffy Fish-owl (Ketupa ketupu)
- Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
- Buru Boobook (Ninox hantu)
- Camiguin Hawk-Owl (Ninox leventisi)
- Cape Eagle-owl (Bubo capensis)
- Cebu Boobook (Ninox rumseyi)
- Central American Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium griseiceps)
- Chaco Owl (Strix chacoensis)
- Chestnut Owlet (Glaucidium castaneum)
- Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanotum)
- Chocolate Boobook (Ninox randi)
- Christmas Hawk-owl (Ninox natalis)
- Cinnabar Hawk-owl (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 (Glaucidium brodiei)
- Collared Scops-Owl (Otus lettia)
- Common Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
- Congo Bay-Owl (Phodilus prigoginei)
- Costa Rican Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium costaricanum)
- Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
- Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
- Cyprus Scops-Owl (Otus cyprius)
- Desert Tawny Owl (Strix hadorami)
- Dusky Eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus)
- Eastern Grass-owl (Tyto longimembris)
- Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio)
- Elegant Scops-owl (Otus elegans)
- Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
- Enggano Scops-owl (Otus enganensis)
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Eurasian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
- Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis)
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
- Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)
- Flores Scops-owl(Otus alfredi)
- Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti)
- Fraser's Eagle-owl (Bubo poensis)
- Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)
- Giant Scops-owl (Otus gurneyi)
- Grand Comoro Scops-Owl (Otus pauliani)
- Great gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
- Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Greater Sooty-Owl (Tyto tenebricosa)
- Greyish Eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens)
- Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium cobanense)
- Guatemalan Screech-owl (Megascops guatemalae)
- Himalayan Owl (Ninox hypogramma)
- Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
- Himalayan Owl (Strix nivicolum)
- Hoy's Screech-Owl (Megascops hoyi)
- Hume's Hawk-Owl (Ninox obscura)
- Hume's Owl (Strix butleri)
- Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
- Jamaican Owl (Pseudoscops grammicus)
- Japanese Scops-Owl (Otus semitorques)
- Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum)
- Javan Scops-owl (Otus angelinae)
- Jungle Hawk-owl (Ninox theomacha)
- Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
- Koepcke's Screech-Owl (Megascops koepckeae)
- Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies)
- Least Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium minutissimum)
- Lesser Sooty-Owl (Tyto multipunctata)
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Little Sumba Hawk-owl (Ninox sumbaensis)
- Long-tufted Screech-Owl (Megascops sanctaecatarinae)
- Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)
- Luzon Scops-owl (Otus longicornis)
- Madagascar Owl (Asio madagascariensis)
- Madagascar Red Owl (Tyto soumagnei)
- Magellanic Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus)
- Makira Boobook (Ninox roseoaxillaris )
- Malagasy Scops-owl (Otus rutilus)
- Malaita Boobook (Ninox malaitae)
- Maned Owl (Jubula lettii)
- Mantanani Scops-owl (Otus mantananensis)
- Manus Hawk-owl (Ninox meeki)
- Marsh owl (Asio capensis)
- Mauritius Owl (Mascarenotus sauzieri)
- Mayotte Scops-owl (Otus mayottensis)
- Mentawai Scops-owl(Otus mentawi)
- Minahassa Masked-Owl (Tyto inexspectata)
- Mindanao Hawk-Owl (Ninox spilocephala)
- Mindanao Lowland Scops-owl (Otus everetti)
- Mindanao Scops-owl (Otus mirus)
- Mindoro Hawk-Owl (Ninox mindorensis)
- Mindoro Scops-owl (Otus mindorensis)
- Moheli Scops-owl (Otus moheliensis)
- Moluccan Hawk-owl (Ninox squamipila)
- Moluccan Scops-owl (Otus magicus)
- Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
- Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)
- Mottled Wood-owl (Strix ocellata)
- Mountain Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
- Mountain Scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus)
- Negros Scops-Owl (Otus nigrorum)
- Nicobar Scops-owl (Otus alius)
- Northern Boobookuil (Ninox japonica)
- Northern Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum)
- Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
- Ochre-bellied Hawk-owl (Ninox ochracea)
- Oriental Bay-owl (Phodilus badius)
- Oriental Scops-owl (Otus sunia)
- Pacific Screech-owl (Megascops cooperi)
- Palau Owl (Pyrroglaux podargina)
- Palawan Scops-owl (Otus fuliginosus)
- Pallid Scops-owl (Otus brucei)
- 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)
- Peruvian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
- Pharaoh Eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
- Philippine Eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis)
- Philippine Hawk-owl (Ninox philippensis)
- Philippine Scops-owl (Otus megalotis)
- Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
- Principe Scops-Owl (Otus bikegila)
- Puerto Rican Screech-Owl (Megascops nudipes)
- Rajah Scops-owl (Otus brookii)
- Red-chested Owlet (Glaucidium tephronotum)
- Reddish Scops-owl (Otus rufescens)
- Reunion Owl (Mascarenotus grucheti)
- Rinjani Scops-Owl (Otus jolandae)
- Rock Eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis)
- Rodrigues Owl (Mascarenotus 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 (Ciccaba albitarsis)
- Rufous-legged Owl (Strix rufipes)
- Russet Hawk-owl (Ninox odiosa)
- Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila)
- Sandy Scops-owl (Otus icterorhynchus)
- Sangihe Scops-owl(Otus collari)
- Santa Marta Screech-Owl (Megascops gilesi)
- Sao Tome Scops-owl (Otus hartlaubi)
- Serendib Scops-owl (Otus thilohoffmanni)
- Seychelles Scops-owl (Otus insularis)
- Shelley's Eagle-owl(Bubo shelleyi)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Siau Scops-Owl (Otus siaoensis)
- Simeulue Scops-owl (Otus umbra)
- Sjostedt's Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti)
- Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
- Socotra Scops-Owl (Otus socotranus)
- Sokoke Scops-owl (Otus ireneae)
- Solomon Islands Hawk-Owl (Ninox jacquinoti)
- Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
- Southern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius ridgwayi)
- Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti)
- Speckled Hawk-owl (Ninox punctulata)
- Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
- Spot-bellied Eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
- Spotted Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
- Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo africanus)
- Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
- Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
- Spotted Wood-owl (Strix seloputo)
- Sri Lanka Bay-Owl (Phodilus assimilis)
- Striped Owl (Asio clamator)
- Stygian Owl (Asio stygius)
- Subtropical Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium parkeri)
- Sula Scops-Owl (Otus sulaensis)
- Sulawesi Owl (Tyto rosenbergii)
- Sulawesi Scops-owl (Otus manadensis)
- Sulu Hawk-Owl (Ninox reyi)
- Sumba Boobook (Ninox rudolfi)
- Sunda Owlet (Glaucidium sylvaticum)
- Sunda Scops-owl (Otus lempiji)
- Taliabu Masked-owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea)
- Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi)
- Tanimbar Boobook (Ninox forbesi)
- 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 Hawk-owl (Ninox burhani)
- Tropical Screech-owl (Megascops choliba)
- Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
- Vermiculated Fishing-owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Megascops vermiculatus)
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus)
- Wallace's Scops-owl (Otus silvicola)
- West Peruvian Screech-Owl (Megascops roboratus)
- Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii)
- Wetar dwergooruil (Otus tempestatis)
- Whiskered Screech-Owl (Megascops trichopsis)
- White-browed Hawk-owl (Athene superciliaris)
- White-fronted Scops-owl (Otus sagittatus)
- White-throated Screech-owl (Megascops albogularis)
- Yungas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)