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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, 192 species, 548 taxa.
24 species threatened; probably 1 of these, as well as 4 other species and 2 subspecies, extinct since 1600.

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0 4 1 White-fronted Scops-owl (Otus sagittatus)
9 1 8 6 6 Andaman Scops-owl (Otus balli)
2 1 1 6 2 Reddish Scops-owl (Otus rufescens)
0 8 4 Sandy Scops-owl (Otus icterorhynchus)
4 3 1 3 5 Sokoke Scops-owl (Otus ireneae)
0 3 7 Flores Scops-owl (Otus alfredi)
2 1 1 8 8 Mountain Scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus)
1 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)
22 2 4 16 8 12 Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
3 1 1 1 8 13 Collared Scops-owl (Otus lettia)
4 2 2 8 14 Sunda Scops-owl (Otus lempiji)
2 1 1 8 15 Japanese Scops-owl (Otus semitorques)
0 8 18 Wallace's Scops-owl (Otus silvicola)
1 1 6 16 Palawan Scops-owl (Otus fuliginosus)
11 1 3 7 8 18 Philippine Scops-owl (Otus megalotis)
1 1 6 19 Mindanao Scops-owl (Otus mirus)
0 6 20 Luzon Scops-owl (Otus longicornis)
0 6 21 Mindoro Scops-owl (Otus mindorensis)
5 4 1 8 22 Pallid Scops-owl (Otus brucei)
5 1 4 8 23 African Scops-owl (Otus senegalensis)
26 2 11 13 8 24 Eurasian Scops-owl (Otus scops)
7 2 5 8 25 Oriental Scops-owl (Otus sunia)
2 1 1 8 26 Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
1 1 8 27 Moluccan Scops-owl (Otus magicus)
5 1 1 3 6 27 Mantanani Scops-owl (Otus mantananensis)
3 1 1 1 6 29 Ryukyu Scops-owl (Otus elegans)
3 1 2 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)
0 6 34 Simeulue Scops-owl (Otus umbra)
0 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)
0 2 40 Moheli Scops-owl (Otus moheliensis)
5 2 3 8 41 Madagascar Scops-owl (Otus rutilus)
2 1 1 4 42 Sao Tome Scops-owl (Otus hartlaubi)
4 1 2 1 8 43 Western Screech-owl (Otus kennicottii)
3 2 1 6 44 Balsas Screech-owl (Otus seductus)
7 1 1 5 8 45 Pacific Screech-owl (Otus cooperi)
1 1 8 47 Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis)
9 1 6 2 8 46 Eastern Screech-owl (Otus asio)
15 1 4 10 8 48 Tropical Screech-owl (Otus choliba)
2 2 8 50 Koepcke's Screech-owl (Otus koepckeae)
4 1 2 1 8 51 Peruvian Screech-owl (Otus roboratus)
1 1 8 52 Bare-shanked Screech-owl (Otus clarkii)
2 1 1 6 53 Bearded Screech-owl (Otus barbarus)
1 1 8 54 Rufescent Screech-owl (Otus ingens)
2 1 1 6 55 Colombian Screech-owl (Otus colombianus)
0 8 56 Cinnamon Screech-owl (Otus petersoni)
0 6 57 Cloudforest Screech-owl (Otus marshalli)
11 1 1 9 8 58 Tawny-bellied Screech-owl (Otus watsonii)
2 2 8 59 Guatemalan Screech-owl (Otus guatemalae)
3 1 1 1 8 60 Vermiculated Screech-owl (Otus vermiculatus)
1 1 8 61 Hoy's Screech-owl (Otus hoyi)
4 1 1 2 8 62 Variable Screech-owl (Otus atricapillus)
3 1 2 8 63 Long-tufted Screech-owl (Otus sanctaecatarinae)
3 1 1 1 8 64 Puerto Rican Screech-owl (Otus nudipes)
3 1 1 1 8 65 White-throated Screech-owl (Otus albogularis)
1 1 8 66 Palau Owl (Pyrroglaux podarginus)
6 1 5 8 67 Cuban Screech-owl (Gymnoglaux lawrencii)
12 8 4 8 68 Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)
7 3 4 8 69 Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti)
2 2 4 70 Giant Scops-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi)
42 2 18 22 8 71 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
6 1 3 2 8 72 Magellanic Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus)
33 18 15 8 73 Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
9 7 2 8 74 Rock Eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis)
13 7 6 8 75 Pharaoh Eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
11 5 6 8 76 Cape Eagle-owl (Bubo capensis)
11 6 5 8 77 Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus)
7 3 4 8 78 Greyish Eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens)
0 8 79 Fraser's Eagle-owl (Bubo poensis)
0 4 80 Usambara Eagle-owl (Bubo vosseleri)
4 2 2 8 81 Forest Eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
3 1 2 8 82 Barred Eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus)
0 6 83 Shelley's Eagle-owl (Bubo shelleyi)
22 1 11 10 8 84 Verreaux's Eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus)
5 2 2 1 8 85 Dusky Eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus)
0 8 86 Akun Eagle-owl (Bubo leucostictus)
2 1 1 4 87 Philippine Eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis)
5 3 2 3 88 Blakiston's Eagle-owl (Bubo blakistoni)
18 1 8 9 8 89 Brown Fish-owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
11 2 9 8 90 Tawny Fish-owl (Ketupa flavipes)
13 4 9 8 91 Buffy Fish-owl (Ketupa ketupu)
24 1 15 8 8 92 Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
4 1 3 8 93 Pel's Fishing-owl (Scotopelia peli)
0 3 94 Rufous Fishing-owl (Scotopelia ussheri)
1 1 8 95 Vermiculated Fishing-owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)
6 3 3 8 96 Spotted Wood-owl (Strix seloputo)
13 3 10 8 97 Mottled Wood-owl (Strix ocellata)
17 3 14 8 98 Brown Wood-owl (Strix leptogrammica)
30 3 8 19 8 99 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
1 1 8 100 Hume's Owl (Strix butleri)
12 2 10 6 101 Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
6 1 3 2 8 102 Barred Owl (Strix varia)
3 1 2 8 103 Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)
5 1 3 1 6 104 Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila)
2 1 1 8 105 Rufous-legged Owl (Strix rufipes)
2 2 8 106 Chaco Owl (Strix chacoensis)
8 3 5 8 107 Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
0 6 108 Sichuan Owl (Strix davidi)
14 1 7 6 8 109 Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
3 1 2 8 110 African Wood-owl (Strix woodfordii)
7 1 2 4 8 111 Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
3 1 1 1 8 112 Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
4 1 3 8 114 Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
3 1 2 8 115 Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis)
11 1 4 6 8 117 Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
0 8 116 Maned Owl (Jubula lettii)
17 1 3 13 8 118 Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
6 1 2 3 8 119 Tawny-browed Owl (Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana)
4 1 1 2 8 120 Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota)
24 10 14 8 121 Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
10 1 6 3 8 122 Eurasian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
13 1 12 8 123 Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)
21 1 4 16 8 124 Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
3 1 2 8 125 Northern Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium californicum)
0 8 126 Mountain Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
1 1 8 127 Guatemalan Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium cobanense)
0 8 128 Baja Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium hoskinsii)
4 1 1 2 8 129 Costa Rican Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium costaricanum)
3 2 1 4 130 Cloudforest Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nubicola)
3 1 1 1 8 131 Andean Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium jardinii)
1 1 8 133 Colima Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium palmarum)
4 1 3 8 133 Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi)
0 8 135 Central American Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium griseiceps)
0 8 136 Subtropical Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium parkeri)
2 1 1 8 132 Yungas Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)
4 1 1 2 8 137 Amazonian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium hardyi)
5 1 2 2 8 138 Least Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium minutissimum)
36 2 6 28 8 139 Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
0 8 140 Tucuman Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium tucumanum)
4 1 1 2 8 141 Peruvian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
8 1 5 2 8 142 Austral Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nanum)
11 2 9 8 143 Cuban Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium siju)
4 1 3 8 144 Red-chested Owlet (Glaucidium tephronotum)
1 1 8 145 Sjostedt's Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti)
15 4 11 8 146 Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
0 8 147 Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum)
18 2 5 11 8 148 Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
7 1 6 6 149 Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
5 1 4 8 150 African Barred Owlet (Glaucidium capense)
0 8 151 Chestnut Owlet (Glaucidium castaneum)
0 4 152 Albertine Owlet (Glaucidium albertinum)
1 1 3 153 Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)
1 1 8 154 Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
51 1 21 29 8 155 Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
27 2 9 16 8 156 Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
9 9 2 157 Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti)
48 1 32 15 8 155 Little Owl (Athene noctua)
10 3 7 8 159 Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
7 1 2 4 8 160 Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
0 8 161 Unspotted Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius ridgwayi)
3 1 1 1 8 162 Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii)
8 6 2 8 163 Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa)
23 5 18 8 164 Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
11 1 3 7 8 165 Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
1 1 6 166 Sumba Boobook (Ninox rudolfi)
5 3 2 8 168 Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
12 3 9 8 167 Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
2 1 1 6 170 Andaman Hawk-owl (Ninox affinis)
24 3 7 14 8 169 Brown Hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)
5 1 1 3 8 171 White-browed Hawk-owl (Ninox superciliaris)
6 1 1 4 8 172 Philippine Hawk-owl (Ninox philippensis)
2 1 1 6 173 Ochre-bellied Hawk-owl (Ninox ochracea)
1 1 4 174 Cinnabar Hawk-owl (Ninox ios)
0 8 175 Moluccan Hawk-owl (Ninox squamipila)
0 4 176 Christmas Hawk-owl (Ninox natalis)
3 1 1 1 8 177 Jungle Hawk-owl (Ninox theomacha)
0 8 178 Manus Hawk-owl (Ninox meeki)
0 8 179 Speckled Hawk-owl (Ninox punctulata)
0 8 180 Bismarck Hawk-owl (Ninox variegata)
1 1 4 181 New Britain Hawk-owl (Ninox odiosa)
0 8 182 Solomon Hawk-owl (Ninox jacquinoti)
0 7 183 Papuan Hawk-owl (Uroglaux dimorpha)
0 8 184 Jamaican Owl (Pseudoscops grammicus)
10 1 6 3 8 185 Striped Owl (Asio clamator)
11 1 1 9 8 186 Stygian Owl (Asio stygius)
39 2 17 20 8 187 Northern Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
1 1 8 188 African Long-eared Owl (Asio abyssinicus)
2 1 1 8 189 Madagascar Long-eared Owl (Asio madagascariensis)
41 19 22 8 190 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
4 2 2 8 191 Marsh Owl (Asio capensis)
0 4 192 Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis)
3 3 9 113 San Isidro Owl (Strix sp nova)
4 1 1 2 9 49 Santa Marta Screech-owl (Otus gilesi)
3 3 3 4 Serendib Scops-owl (Otus thilohoffmanni)

Family statistics

24 genera, 192 species

1245 files covering
20 genera	(83%)
149 species	(78%)

697 videos covering
17 genera	(71%)
126 species	(66%)

464 photographs covering
19 genera	(79%)
129 species	(67%)

84 sound recordings covering
12 genera	(50%)
70 species	(36%)

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