Aegolius : saw-whet owls
Asio : eared owls
Athene
Bubo: horned owls
Ciccaba
Glaucidium : pygmy owls
Jubula
Ketupa
Lophostrix
Micrathene: elf owls
Mimizuku
Nesasio
Ninox
Otus: scops owls
Pseudoscops
Pulsatrix
Pyrroglaux : palau owls
Sceloglaux
Scotopelia
Speotyto
Strix: earless owls
Surnia: hawk owls
Uroglaux
Xenoglaux 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