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Strigiformes

Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Large-headed nocturnal birds with strong, hooked bill, round facial disc, compact body, moderately short tail, and strong feet with sharp talons; plumage soft and cryptically coloured.
Cosmopolitan.
Virtually all terrestrial habitats, from Arctic to tropics; typically found from sea-level to c. 2000 m, but locally up to 4700 m.
24 genera, 198 species, 548 taxa.
26 species threatened; probably 1 of these, as well as 4 other species and 2 subspecies, extinct since 1600.

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2 2 10 Rinjani Scops-owl (Otus jolandae)
5 2 3 4 1 White-fronted Scops-owl (Otus sagittatus)
2 1 1 6 2 Reddish Scops-owl (Otus rufescens)
0 8 3 Sandy Scops-owl (Otus icterorhynchus)
10 5 5 3 4 Serendib Scops-owl (Otus thilohoffmanni)
9 8 1 3 5 Sokoke Scops-owl (Otus ireneae)
11 3 8 6 6 Andaman Scops-owl (Otus balli)
1 1 3 7 Flores Scops-owl (Otus alfredi)
16 6 5 5 8 8 Mountain Scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus)
6 5 1 8 9 Rajah Scops-owl (Otus brookii)
1 1 4 10 Javan Scops-owl (Otus angelinae)
0 6 11 Mentawai Scops-owl (Otus mentawi)
36 2 14 20 8 12 Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
16 3 9 4 8 13 Collared Scops-owl (Otus lettia)
8 5 3 8 14 Sunda Scops-owl (Otus lempiji)
5 4 1 8 15 Japanese Scops-owl (Otus semitorques)
3 2 1 6 16 Palawan Scops-owl (Otus fuliginosus)
1 1 8 17 Wallace's Scops-owl (Otus silvicola)
16 1 8 7 8 18 Philippine Scops-owl (Otus megalotis)
1 1 6 19 Mindanao Scops-owl (Otus mirus)
1 1 6 20 Luzon Scops-owl (Otus longicornis)
0 6 21 Mindoro Scops-owl (Otus mindorensis)
14 11 3 8 22 Pallid Scops-owl (Otus brucei)
18 13 5 8 23 African Scops-owl (Otus senegalensis)
58 5 28 25 8 24 Eurasian Scops-owl (Otus scops)
20 1 8 11 8 25 Oriental Scops-owl (Otus sunia)
3 2 1 8 26 Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
12 3 6 3 8 27 Moluccan Scops-owl (Otus magicus)
7 2 1 4 6 28 Mantanani Scops-owl (Otus mantananensis)
7 1 5 1 6 29 Ryukyu Scops-owl (Otus elegans)
24 4 5 15 8 30 Sulawesi Scops-owl (Otus manadensis)
0 8 31 Sangihe Scops-owl (Otus collari)
0 3 32 Biak Scops-owl (Otus beccarii)
0 3 33 Seychelles Scops-owl (Otus insularis)
5 1 4 6 34 Simeulue Scops-owl (Otus umbra)
3 3 6 35 Enggano Scops-owl (Otus enganensis)
0 7 36 Nicobar Scops-owl (Otus alius)
1 1 8 37 Pemba Scops-owl (Otus pembaensis)
0 2 38 Comoro Scops-owl (Otus pauliani)
0 2 39 Anjouan Scops-owl (Otus capnodes)
2 2 2 40 Moheli Scops-owl (Otus moheliensis)
13 1 2 10 8 41 Madagascar Scops-owl (Otus rutilus)
3 2 1 4 42 Sao Tome Scops-owl (Otus hartlaubi)
12 2 8 2 8 43 Western Screech-owl (Otus kennicottii)
4 2 2 6 44 Balsas Screech-owl (Otus seductus)
11 1 4 6 8 45 Pacific Screech-owl (Otus cooperi)
24 1 21 2 8 46 Eastern Screech-owl (Otus asio)
2 2 8 47 Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis)
53 2 22 29 8 48 Tropical Screech-owl (Otus choliba)
17 1 5 11 9 49 "Santa Marta Screech-owl" (Otus sp. nova)
2 2 8 50 Koepcke's Screech-owl (Otus koepckeae)
12 1 4 7 8 51 Peruvian Screech-owl (Otus roboratus)
2 2 8 52 Bare-shanked Screech-owl (Otus clarkii)
3 1 2 4 53 Bearded Screech-owl (Otus barbarus)
6 2 4 8 54 Rufescent Screech-owl (Otus ingens)
11 1 5 5 6 55 Colombian Screech-owl (Otus colombianus)
7 2 5 8 56 Cinnamon Screech-owl (Otus petersoni)
0 6 57 Cloudforest Screech-owl (Otus marshalli)
16 1 5 10 8 58 Tawny-bellied Screech-owl (Otus watsonii)
2 2 8 59 Guatemalan Screech-owl (Otus guatemalae)
6 2 3 1 8 60 Vermiculated Screech-owl (Otus vermiculatus)
2 1 1 8 61 Hoy's Screech-owl (Otus hoyi)
13 5 4 4 8 62 Variable Screech-owl (Otus atricapillus)
7 1 3 3 8 63 Long-tufted Screech-owl (Otus sanctaecatarinae)
4 1 2 1 8 64 Puerto Rican Screech-owl (Otus nudipes)
7 1 2 4 8 65 White-throated Screech-owl (Otus albogularis)
1 1 8 67 Palau Owl (Pyrroglaux podarginus)
7 2 5 8 68 Cuban Screech-owl (Gymnoglaux lawrencii)
23 16 7 8 69 Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)
15 10 5 8 70 Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti)
2 2 4 71 Giant Scops-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi)
85 3 46 36 8 71 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
18 1 11 6 8 72 Magellanic Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus)
82 3 52 27 8 74 Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
25 14 11 8 75 Rock Eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis)
21 13 8 8 76 Pharaoh Eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
18 11 7 8 77 Cape Eagle-owl (Bubo capensis)
42 1 33 8 8 78 Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus)
16 11 5 8 79 Greyish Eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens)
11 5 6 8 80 Fraser's Eagle-owl (Bubo poensis)
0 4 81 Usambara Eagle-owl (Bubo vosseleri)
7 3 4 8 82 Forest Eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
9 2 7 8 82 Barred Eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus)
0 6 84 Shelley's Eagle-owl (Bubo shelleyi)
44 2 23 19 8 85 Verreaux's Eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus)
15 2 6 7 8 86 Dusky Eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus)
4 1 3 8 87 Akun Eagle-owl (Bubo leucostictus)
20 1 7 12 4 88 Philippine Eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis)
12 10 2 3 89 Blakiston's Eagle-owl (Bubo blakistoni)
27 1 13 13 8 90 Brown Fish-owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
15 5 10 8 91 Tawny Fish-owl (Ketupa flavipes)
28 1 11 16 8 91 Buffy Fish-owl (Ketupa ketupu)
72 5 47 20 8 93 Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
6 3 3 8 94 Pel's Fishing-owl (Scotopelia peli)
0 3 95 Rufous Fishing-owl (Scotopelia ussheri)
1 1 8 96 Vermiculated Fishing-owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)
12 1 6 5 8 97 Spotted Wood-owl (Strix seloputo)
18 1 6 11 8 98 Mottled Wood-owl (Strix ocellata)
24 9 15 8 99 Brown Wood-owl (Strix leptogrammica)
80 11 28 41 8 100 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
1 1 8 101 Hume's Owl (Strix butleri)
13 2 11 6 102 Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
34 1 30 3 8 103 Barred Owl (Strix varia)
5 3 2 8 104 Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)
14 4 8 2 6 105 Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila)
7 1 3 3 8 106 Rufous-legged Owl (Strix rufipes)
5 4 1 8 107 Chaco Owl (Strix chacoensis)
22 1 10 11 8 108 Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
2 1 1 6 109 Sichuan Owl (Strix davidi)
62 1 38 23 8 110 Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
13 8 5 8 111 African Wood-owl (Strix woodfordii)
22 4 9 9 8 112 Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
11 2 5 4 8 113 Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
4 1 3 9 114 "San Isidro Owl" (Strix sp. nova)
10 1 3 6 8 115 Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
6 2 3 1 8 116 Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis)
0 8 117 Maned Owl (Jubula lettii)
13 1 6 6 8 118 Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
41 2 19 20 8 119 Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
15 1 8 6 8 120 Tawny-browed Owl (Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana)
6 1 3 2 8 121 Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota)
53 20 33 8 122 Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
28 2 19 7 8 123 Eurasian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
25 1 5 19 8 124 Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)
42 1 22 19 8 125 Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
7 5 2 8 126 Northern Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium californicum)
1 1 8 127 Mountain Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
4 2 2 8 128 Guatemalan Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium cobanense)
0 8 129 Baja Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium hoskinsii)
6 1 2 3 8 130 Costa Rican Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium costaricanum)
8 2 6 4 131 Cloudforest Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nubicola)
11 1 7 3 8 132 Andean Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium jardinii)
4 1 1 2 8 133 Yungas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)
3 3 8 134 Colima Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium palmarum)
4 1 3 8 135 Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi)
3 2 1 8 136 Central American Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium griseiceps)
0 8 137 Subtropical Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium parkeri)
16 1 4 11 8 138 Amazonian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium hardyi)
7 2 3 2 8 139 Least Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium minutissimum)
0 2 140 Pernambuco Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium mooreorum)
78 4 41 33 8 141 Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
0 8 142 Tucuman Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium tucumanum)
23 2 6 15 8 143 Peruvian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
17 1 11 5 8 144 Austral Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nanum)
18 1 7 10 8 145 Cuban Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium siju)
8 1 2 5 8 146 Red-chested Owlet (Glaucidium tephronotum)
2 2 8 147 Sjostedt's Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti)
30 1 15 14 8 148 Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
0 8 149 Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum)
26 2 11 13 8 150 Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
10 1 2 7 6 151 Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
7 2 5 8 152 African Barred Owlet (Glaucidium capense)
1 1 8 153 Chestnut Owlet (Glaucidium castaneum)
0 4 154 Albertine Owlet (Glaucidium albertinum)
9 2 4 3 3 155 Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)
1 1 8 156 Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
139 1 84 54 8 157 Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
67 3 40 24 8 158 Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
110 3 69 38 8 159 Little Owl (Athene noctua)
13 3 10 2 160 Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti)
17 1 7 9 8 161 Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
13 1 7 5 8 162 Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
0 8 163 Unspotted Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius ridgwayi)
8 1 4 3 8 164 Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii)
8 6 2 8 165 Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa)
25 7 18 8 166 Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
13 1 5 7 8 167 Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
3 2 1 6 168 Sumba Boobook (Ninox rudolfi)
23 4 11 8 8 169 Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
38 4 14 20 8 169 Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
42 5 16 21 8 171 Brown Hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)
2 1 1 6 172 Andaman Hawk-owl (Ninox affinis)
9 1 2 6 8 173 White-browed Hawk-owl (Ninox superciliaris)
10 1 3 6 8 174 Philippine Hawk-owl (Ninox philippensis)
11 3 4 4 6 175 Ochre-bellied Hawk-owl (Ninox ochracea)
1 1 6 176 Togian Hawk-owl (Ninox burhani)
7 2 3 2 4 177 Cinnabar Boobook (Ninox ios)
1 1 6 178 Little Sumba Hawk-Owl (Ninox sumbaensis)
10 5 3 2 8 179 Moluccan Hawk-owl (Ninox squamipila)
0 4 180 Christmas Hawk-owl (Ninox natalis)
4 1 2 1 8 181 Jungle Hawk-owl (Ninox theomacha)
0 8 182 Manus Hawk-owl (Ninox meeki)
12 2 3 7 8 183 Speckled Hawk-owl (Ninox punctulata)
0 8 184 Bismarck Hawk-owl (Ninox variegata)
1 1 4 185 New Britain Hawk-owl (Ninox odiosa)
6 2 4 8 186 Solomon Hawk-owl (Ninox jacquinoti)
0 10 187 Camiguin Hawk-owl (Ninox leventisi)
0 10 188 Cebu Hawk-owl (Ninox rumseyi)
27 2 15 10 8 189 Striped Owl (Asio clamator)
0 7 190 Papuan Hawk-owl (Uroglaux dimorpha)
1 1 8 191 Jamaican Owl (Pseudoscops grammicus)
24 1 8 15 8 192 Stygian Owl (Asio stygius)
74 3 39 32 8 193 Northern Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
87 1 47 39 8 194 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
8 7 1 8 195 African Long-eared Owl (Asio abyssinicus)
4 1 3 8 196 Madagascar Long-eared Owl (Asio madagascariensis)
8 4 4 8 197 Marsh Owl (Asio capensis)
7 2 5 4 198 Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis)

Family statistics

24 genera, 198 species

2913 files covering
22 genera	(92%)
171 species	(86%)

1255 videos covering
19 genera	(79%)
143 species	(72%)

1471 photographs covering
21 genera	(88%)
164 species	(83%)

187 sound recordings covering
13 genera	(54%)
97 species	(49%)

198 171 86 143 72 164 83 97 49

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