Typical Owls
Strigidae
The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae). The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Striginae. This is unsupported by more recent research (see Cypselomorphae for details), but the relationships of the owls in general are still unresolved. This large family comprises around 189 living species in 25 genera....
25 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 223 known species
Wood Owls and Allies
genusStrix
Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls
genusBubo
Little Owls and Allies
genusAthene
Eared Owls and Allies
genusAsio
Screech-Owls
genusMegascops
Pygmy-Owls and Typical Owlets
genusGlaucidium
Scops-Owls
genusOtus
Boobooks and Hawk-Owls
genusNinox
Saw-whet Owls and Allies
genusAegolius
Fish-Owls and Allied Eagle-Owls
genusKetupa
Surnia
genusSurnia
Spectacled Owls and Allies
genusPulsatrix
Micrathene
genusMicrathene
Lophostrix
genusLophostrix
Collared and Sunda Owlets
genusTaenioptynx
White-faced Owls
genusPtilopsis
Psiloscops
genusPsiloscops
Fishing-Owls
genusScotopelia
Gymnasio
genusGymnasio
Margarobyas
genusMargarobyas
Xenoglaux
genusXenoglaux
Uroglaux
genusUroglaux
Jubula
genusJubula
Stilt-owls
genusGrallistrix
Ornimegalonyx
genusOrnimegalonyx
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19728.