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Typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls.
The nearly 200 species are:
- White-fronted Scops Owl, Otus sagittatus
- Andaman Scops Owl, Otus balli
- Reddish Scops Owl, Otus rufescens
- Serendib Scops Owl, Otus thilohoffmanni
- Sandy Scops Owl, Otus icterorhynchus
- Sokoke Scops Owl, Otus ireneae
- Flores Scops Owl, Otus alfredi
- Mountain Scops Owl, Otus spilocephalus
- Rajah Scops Owl, Otus brookii
- Javan Scops Owl, Otus angelinae
- Mentawai Scops Owl, Otus mentawi
- Indian Scops Owl, Otus bakkamoena
- Collared Scops Owl, Otus (bakkamoena) lettia
- Sunda Scops Owl, Otus lempiji
- Japanese Scops Owl, Otus semitorques
- Wallace's Scops Owl, Otus silvicola
- Palawan Scops Owl, Otus fuliginosus
- Philippine Scops Owl, Otus megalotis
- Mindanao Scops Owl, Otus mirus
- Luzon Scops Owl, Otus longicornis
- Mindoro Scops Owl, Otus mindorensis
- Pallid Scops Owl, Otus brucei
- African Scops Owl, Otus senegalensis
- European Scops Owl, Otus scops
- Oriental Scops Owl, Otus sunia
- Flammulated Owl, Otus flammeolus
- Moluccan Scops Owl, Otus magicus
- Mantanani Scops Owl, Otus mantananensis
- Ryukyu Scops Owl, Otus elegans
- Sulawesi Scops Owl, Otus manadensis
- Sangihe Scops Owl, Otus collari
- Biak Scops Owl, Otus beccarii
- Seychelles Scops Owl, Otus insularis
- Simeulue Scops Owl, Otus umbra
- Enggano Scops Owl, Otus enganensis
- Nicobar Scops Owl, Otus alius
- Pemba Scops Owl, Otus pembaensis
- Comoro Scops Owl, Otus pauliani
- Anjouan Scops Owl, Otus capnodes
- Moheli Scops Owl, Otus moheliensis
- Mayotte Scops Owl, Otus mayottensis
- Malagasy Scops Owl, Otus rutilus
- Torotoroka Scops Owl, Otus madagascariensis
- Sao Tome Scops Owl, Otus hartlaubi
- Western Screech Owl, Otus kennicottii
- Balsas Screech Owl, Otus seductus
- Pacific Screech Owl, Otus cooperi
- Whiskered Screech Owl, Otus trichopsis
- Eastern Screech Owl, Otus asio
- Tropical Screech Owl, Otus choliba
- Koepcke's Screech Owl, Otus koepckeae
- West Peruvian Screech Owl, Otus roboratus
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl, Otus clarkii
- Bearded Screech Owl, Otus barbarus
- Rufescent Screech Owl, Otus ingens
- Colombian Screech Owl, Otus colombianus
- Cinnamon Screech Owl, Otus petersoni
- Cloud-forest Screech Owl, Otus marshalli
- Tawny-bellied Screech Owl, Otus watsonii
- Guatemalan Screech Owl, Otus guatemalae
- Vermiculated Screech Owl, Otus vermiculatus
- Hoy's Screech Owl, Otus hoyi
- Variable Screech Owl, Otus atricapillus
- Long-tufted Screech Owl, Otus sanctaecatarinae
- Puerto Rican Screech Owl, Otus nudipes
- White-throated Screech Owl, Otus albogularis
- Palau Owl, Pyrroglaux podarginus
- Cuban Screech Owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii
- Northern White-faced Owl, Ptilopsis leucotis
- Southern White-faced Owl, Ptilopsis granti
- Mindanao Eagle Owl, Mimizuku gurneyi
See horned owl for more on the following horned and eagle owls.
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Magellanic Horned Owl, Bubo magellanicus
- Eurasian Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo
- Rock Eagle Owl, Bubo bengalensis
- Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Bubo ascalaphus
- Cape Eagle Owl, Bubo capensis
- Spotted Eagle Owl, Bubo africanus
- Grayish Eagle Owl, Bubo cinerascens
- Fraser's Eagle Owl, Bubo poensis
- Usambara Eagle Owl, Bubo vosseleri
- Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Bubo nipalensis
- Barred Eagle Owl, Bubo sumatranus
- Shelley's Eagle Owl, Bubo shelleyi
- Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Bubo lacteus
- Dusky Eagle Owl, Bubo coromandus
- Akun Eagle Owl, Bubo leucostictus
- Philippine Eagle Owl, Bubo philippensis
- Blakiston's Fish Owl, Bubo blakistoni
- Brown Fish Owl, Bubo zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish Owl, Bubo flavipes
- Buffy Fish Owl, Bubo ketupu
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiaca
- Pel's Fishing Owl, Scotopelia peli
- Rufous Fishing Owl, Scotopelia ussheri
- Vermiculated Fishing Owl, Scotopelia bouvieri
Tawny Owl
- Spotted Wood Owl, Strix seloputo
- Mottled Wood Owl, Strix ocellata
- Brown Wood Owl, Strix leptogrammica
- Tawny Owl, Strix aluco
- Hume's Owl, Strix butleri
- Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Fulvous Owl, Strix fulvescens
- Rusty-barred Owl, Strix hylophila
- Rufous-legged Owl, Strix rufipes
- Chaco Owl, Strix chacoensis
- Ural Owl, Strix uralensis
- Pere David's Owl, Strix davidi
- Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulosa
- African Wood Owl, Strix woodfordii
- Mottled Owl, Ciccaba virgata
- Black-and-white Owl, Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Black-banded Owl, Ciccaba huhula
- Rufous-banded Owl, Ciccaba albitarsis
- Crested Owl, Lophostrix cristata
- Maned Owl, Jubula lettii
- Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Tawny-browed Owl, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
- Band-bellied Owl, Pulsatrix melanota
- Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum
- Collared Owlet, Glaucidium brodiei
- Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum
- Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium californicum
- Mountain Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
- Guatemalan Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium cobanense
- Cape Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium hoskinsii
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
- Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium nubicola
- Andean Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium jardinii
- Colima Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium palmarum
- Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
- Central American Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
- Subtropical Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium parkeri
- Yungas Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium bolivianum
- Amazonian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium hardyi
- Least Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium minutissimum
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
- Tucuman Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium tucumanum
- Peruvian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium peruanum
- Austral Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium nanum
- Cuban Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium siju
- Red-chested Owlet, Glaucidium tephronotum
- Sjostedt's Owlet, Glaucidium sjostedti
- Asian Barred Owlet, Glaucidium cuculoides
- Javan Owlet, Glaucidium castanopterum
- Jungle Owlet, Glaucidium radiatum
- Chestnut-backed Owlet, Glaucidium castanonotum
- African Barred Owlet, Glaucidium capense
- Chestnut Owlet, Glaucidium castaneum
- Albertine Owlet, Glaucidium albertinum
- Long-whiskered Owlet, Xenoglaux loweryi
- Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
- Spotted Owlet, Athene brama
- Forest Owlet, Athene blewitti
- Little Owl, Athene noctua
- Tengmalm's Owl or Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius ridgwayi
- Buff-fronted Owl, Aegolius harrisii
- Rufous Owl, Ninox rufa
- Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua
- Barking Owl, Ninox connivens
- Sumba Boobook, Ninox rudolfi
- Southern Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae, sometimes split as
- Morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae,
- Southern Boobook, Ninox boobook
- Andaman Hawk Owl, Ninox affinis
- Brown Hawk Owl, Ninox scutulata
- White-browed Owl, Ninox superciliaris
- Philippine Hawk Owl, Ninox philippensis
- Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl, Ninox ochracea
- Cinnabar Hawk Owl, Ninox ios
- Moluccan Hawk Owl, Ninox squamipila
- Christmas Island Hawk Owl, Ninox natalis
- Jungle Hawk Owl, Ninox theomacha
- Manus Hawk Owl, Ninox meeki
- Speckled Hawk Owl, Ninox punctulata
- Bismarck Hawk Owl, Ninox variegata
- New Britain Hawk Owl, Ninox odiosa
- Solomon Hawk Owl, Ninox jacquinoti
- Papuan Hawk Owl, Uroglaux dimorpha
- Jamaican Owl, Pseudoscops grammicus
- Striped Owl, Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl, Asio stygius
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
- African Long-eared Owl, Asio abyssinicus
- Madagascar Long-eared Owl, Asio madagascariensis
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Marsh Owl, Asio capensis
- Fearful Owl, Nesasio solomonensis
External links
ITIS - Strigidae Taxonomy (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177854)da:De egentlige ugler de:Eigentliche Eulen eo:Strigedoj fr:Strigidae lt:Pelėdiniai (šeima) pl:Puszczykowate sv:Äkta ugglor zh:鸱鸮科