List of owl species
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 255 species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in family Tytonidae. The other 235 species are in family Strigidae, the "typical owls". Five species on the list are extinct; they are marked (X).[1] For a partial list with additional information, see the article "List of Strigiformes by population".
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Greater sooty owl | Tyto tenebricosa | 1 |
| Lesser sooty owl | Tyto multipunctata | 2 |
| Minahassa masked owl | Tyto inexspectata | 3 |
| Taliabu masked owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea | 4 |
| Moluccan masked owl | Tyto sororcula | 5 |
| Manus masked owl | Tyto manusi | 6 |
| Golden masked owl | Tyto aurantia | 7 |
| Australian masked owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | 8 |
| Sulawesi masked owl | Tyto rosenbergii | 9 |
| Red owl | Tyto soumagnei | 10 |
| Western barn owl | Tyto alba | 11 |
| American barn owl | Tyto furcata | 12 |
| Eastern barn owl | Tyto javanica | 13 |
| Andaman masked owl | Tyto deroepstorffi | 14 |
| Ashy-faced owl | Tyto glaucops | 15 |
| African grass owl | Tyto capensis | 16 |
| Eastern grass owl | Tyto longimembris | 17 |
| Congo bay owl | Phodilus prigoginei | 18 |
| Oriental bay owl | Phodilus badius | 19 |
| Sri Lanka bay owl | Phodilus assimilis | 20 |
| Papuan hawk-owl | Uroglaux dimorpha | 21 |
| Laughing owl (X) | Ninox albifacies | 22 |
| Rufous owl | Ninox rufa | 23 |
| Powerful owl | Ninox strenua | 24 |
| Barking owl | Ninox connivens | 25 |
| Sumba boobook | Ninox rudolfi | 26 |
| Australian boobook | Ninox boobook | 27 |
| Rote boobook | Ninox rotiensis | 28 |
| Timor boobook | Ninox fusca | 29 |
| Alor boobook | Ninox plesseni | 30 |
| Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae | 31 |
| Northern boobook | Ninox japonica | 32 |
| Brown hawk-owl | Ninox scutulata | 33 |
| Hume's hawk-owl | Ninox obscura | 34 |
| Chocolate boobook | Ninox randi | 35 |
| Andaman hawk-owl | Ninox affinis | 36 |
| Luzon hawk-owl | Ninox philippensis | 37 |
| Mindanao hawk-owl | Ninox spilocephala | 38 |
| Camiguin hawk-owl | Ninox leventisi | 39 |
| Sulu hawk-owl | Ninox reyi | 40 |
| Cebu hawk-owl | Ninox rumseyi | 41 |
| Romblon hawk-owl | Ninox spilonotus | 42 |
| Mindoro hawk-owl | Ninox mindorensis | 43 |
| Little Sumba hawk-owl | Ninox sumbaensis | 44 |
| Togian boobook | Ninox burhani | 45 |
| Ochre-bellied boobook | Ninox ochracea | 46 |
| Cinnabar boobook | Ninox ios | 47 |
| Halmahera boobook | Ninox hypogramma | 48 |
| Buru boobook | Ninox hantu | 49 |
| Seram boobook | Ninox squamipila | 50 |
| Tanimbar boobook | Ninox forbesi | 51 |
| Christmas boobook | Ninox natalis | 52 |
| Manus boobook | Ninox meeki | 53 |
| Papuan boobook | Ninox theomacha | 54 |
| Speckled boobook | Ninox punctulata | 55 |
| New Britain boobook | Ninox odiosa | 56 |
| New Ireland boobook | Ninox variegata | 57 |
| Bare-legged owl | Margarobyas lawrencii | 58 |
| Collared owlet | Taenioptynx brodiei | 59 |
| Sunda owlet | Taenioptynx sylvaticus | 60 |
| Elf owl | Micrathene whitneyi | 61 |
| Long-whiskered owlet | Xenoglaux loweryi | 62 |
| Boreal owl | Aegolius funereus | 63 |
| Northern saw-whet owl | Aegolius acadicus | 64 |
| Bermuda saw-whet owl (X) | Aegolius gradyi | 65 |
| Unspotted saw-whet owl | Aegolius ridgwayi | 66 |
| Buff-fronted owl | Aegolius harrisii | 67 |
| Burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia | 68 |
| Spotted owlet | Athene brama | 69 |
| Little owl | Athene noctua | 70 |
| White-browed owl | Athene superciliaris | 71 |
| Forest owlet | Athene blewitti | 72 |
| West Solomons owl | Athene jacquinoti | 73 |
| Guadalcanal owl | Athene granti | 74 |
| Malaita owl | Athene malaitae | 75 |
| Makira owl | Athene roseoaxillaris | 76 |
| Northern hawk-owl | Surnia ulula | 77 |
| Eurasian pygmy owl | Glaucidium passerinum | 78 |
| Pearl-spotted owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | 79 |
| Red-chested owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | 80 |
| Sjöstedt's barred owlet | Glaucidium sjostedti | 81 |
| Asian barred owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | 82 |
| Javan owlet | Glaucidium castanopterum | 83 |
| Jungle owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | 84 |
| Chestnut-backed owlet | Glaucidium castanotum | 85 |
| African barred owlet | Glaucidium capense | 86 |
| Albertine owlet | Glaucidium albertinum | 87 |
| Northern pygmy owl | Glaucidium californicum | 88 |
| Mountain pygmy owl | Glaucidium gnoma | 89 |
| Baja pygmy owl | Glaucidium hoskinsii | 90 |
| Guatemalan pygmy owl | Glaucidium cobanense | 91 |
| Costa Rican pygmy owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | 92 |
| Cloud-forest pygmy owl | Glaucidium nubicola | 93 |
| Andean pygmy owl | Glaucidium jardinii | 94 |
| Yungas pygmy owl | Glaucidium bolivianum | 95 |
| Colima pygmy owl | Glaucidium palmarum | 96 |
| Tamaulipas pygmy owl | Glaucidium sanchezi | 97 |
| Central American pygmy owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | 98 |
| Subtropical pygmy owl | Glaucidium parkeri | 99 |
| Amazonian pygmy owl | Glaucidium hardyi | 100 |
| East Brazilian pygmy owl | Glaucidium minutissimum | 101 |
| Pernambuco pygmy owl | Glaucidium mooreorum | 102 |
| Ferruginous pygmy owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | 103 |
| Pacific pygmy owl | Glaucidium peruanum | 104 |
| Austral pygmy owl | Glaucidium nana | 105 |
| Cuban pygmy owl | Glaucidium siju | 106 |
| Giant scops owl | Otus gurneyi | 107 |
| White-fronted scops owl | Otus sagittatus | 108 |
| Reddish scops owl | Otus rufescens | 109 |
| Serendib scops owl | Otus thilohoffmanni | 110 |
| Sandy scops owl | Otus icterorhynchus | 111 |
| Sokoke scops owl | Otus ireneae | 112 |
| Andaman scops owl | Otus balli | 113 |
| Flores scops owl | Otus alfredi | 114 |
| Mountain scops owl | Otus spilocephalus | 115 |
| Javan scops owl | Otus angelinae | 116 |
| Mindanao scops owl | Otus mirus | 117 |
| Luzon scops owl | Otus longicornis | 118 |
| Mindoro scops owl | Otus mindorensis | 119 |
| Sao Tome scops owl | Otus hartlaubi | 120 |
| Torotoroka scops owl | Otus madagascariensis | 121 |
| Rainforest scops owl | Otus rutilus | 122 |
| Mayotte scops owl | Otus mayottensis | 123 |
| Karthala scops owl | Otus pauliani | 124 |
| Anjouan scops owl | Otus capnodes | 125 |
| Moheli scops owl | Otus moheliensis | 126 |
| Reunion owl (X) | Otus grucheti | 127 |
| Mauritius owl (X) | Otus sauzieri | 128 |
| Rodrigues owl (X) | Otus murivorus | 129 |
| Pemba scops owl | Otus pembaensis | 130 |
| Eurasian scops owl | Otus scops | 131 |
| Cyprus scops owl | Otus cyprius | 132 |
| Pallid scops owl | Otus brucei | 133 |
| Arabian scops owl | Otus pamelae | 134 |
| African scops owl | Otus senegalensis | 135 |
| Annobon scops owl | Otus feae | 136 |
| Socotra scops owl | Otus socotranus | 137 |
| Oriental scops owl | Otus sunia | 138 |
| Ryukyu scops owl | Otus elegans | 139 |
| Moluccan scops owl | Otus magicus | 140 |
| Wetar scops owl | Otus tempestatis | 141 |
| Sula scops owl | Otus sulaensis | 142 |
| Biak scops owl | Otus beccarii | 143 |
| Sulawesi scops owl | Otus manadensis | 144 |
| Banggai scops owl | Otus mendeni | 145 |
| Siau scops owl | Otus siaoensis | 146 |
| Sangihe scops owl | Otus collari | 147 |
| Mantanani scops owl | Otus mantananensis | 148 |
| Seychelles scops owl | Otus insularis | 149 |
| Nicobar scops owl | Otus alius | 150 |
| Simeulue scops owl | Otus umbra | 151 |
| Enggano scops owl | Otus enganensis | 152 |
| Mentawai scops owl | Otus mentawi | 153 |
| Rajah scops owl | Otus brookii | 154 |
| Indian scops owl | Otus bakkamoena | 155 |
| Collared scops owl | Otus lettia | 156 |
| Japanese scops owl | Otus semitorques | 157 |
| Sunda scops owl | Otus lempiji | 158 |
| Philippine scops owl | Otus megalotis | 159 |
| Negros scops owl | Otus nigrorum | 160 |
| Everett's scops owl | Otus everetti | 161 |
| Palawan scops owl | Otus fuliginosus | 162 |
| Wallace's scops owl | Otus silvicola | 163 |
| Rinjani scops owl | Otus jolandae | 164 |
| Palau owl | Otus podarginus | 165 |
| Northern white-faced owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | 166 |
| Southern white-faced owl | Ptilopsis granti | 167 |
| Jamaican owl | Asio grammicus | 168 |
| Striped owl | Asio clamator | 169 |
| Long-eared owl | Asio otus | 170 |
| Abyssinian owl | Asio abyssinicus | 171 |
| Madagascar owl | Asio madagascariensis | 172 |
| Stygian owl | Asio stygius | 173 |
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus | 174 |
| Marsh owl | Asio capensis | 175 |
| Fearful owl | Asio solomonensis | 176 |
| Maned owl | Jubula lettii | 177 |
| Snowy owl | Bubo scandiacus | 178 |
| Great horned owl | Bubo virginianus | 179 |
| Lesser horned owl | Bubo magellanicus | 180 |
| Eurasian eagle-owl | Bubo bubo | 181 |
| Indian eagle-owl | Bubo bengalensis | 182 |
| Pharaoh eagle-owl | Bubo ascalaphus | 183 |
| Cape eagle-owl | Bubo capensis | 184 |
| Arabian eagle-owl | Bubo milesi | 185 |
| Greyish eagle-owl | Bubo cinerascens | 186 |
| Spotted eagle-owl | Bubo africanus | 187 |
| Fraser's eagle-owl | Bubo poensis | 188 |
| Usambara eagle-owl | Bubo vosseleri | 189 |
| Verreaux's eagle-owl | Bubo lacteus | 190 |
| Shelley's eagle-owl | Bubo shelleyi | 191 |
| Barred eagle-owl | Bubo sumatranus | 192 |
| Spot-bellied eagle-owl | Bubo nipalensis | 193 |
| Dusky eagle-owl | Bubo coromandus | 194 |
| Akun eagle-owl | Bubo leucostictus | 195 |
| Philippine eagle-owl | Bubo philippensis | 196 |
| Blakiston's fish owl | Bubo blakistoni | 197 |
| Pel's fishing owl | Scotopelia peli | 198 |
| Rufous fishing owl | Scotopelia ussheri | 199 |
| Vermiculated fishing owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | 200 |
| Brown fish owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | 201 |
| Tawny fish owl | Ketupa flavipes | 202 |
| Buffy fish owl | Ketupa ketupu | 203 |
| Flammulated owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | 204 |
| Puerto Rican owl | Gymnasio nudipes | 205 |
| Whiskered screech owl | Megascops trichopsis | 206 |
| Bare-shanked screech owl | Megascops clarkii | 207 |
| White-throated screech owl | Megascops albogularis | 208 |
| Tropical screech owl | Megascops choliba | 209 |
| Bearded screech owl | Megascops barbarus | 210 |
| Pacific screech owl | Megascops cooperi | 211 |
| Western screech owl | Megascops kennicottii | 212 |
| Eastern screech owl | Megascops asio | 213 |
| Balsas screech owl | Megascops seductus | 214 |
| Middle American screech owl | Megascops guatemalae | 215 |
| Vermiculated screech owl | Megascops vermiculatus | 216 |
| Koepcke's screech owl | Megascops koepckeae | 217 |
| Rufescent screech owl | Megascops ingens | 218 |
| Cinnamon screech owl | Megascops petersoni | 219 |
| Cloud-forest screech owl | Megascops marshalli | 220 |
| Yungas screech owl | Megascops hoyi | 221 |
| Choco screech owl | Megascops centralis | 222 |
| Foothill screech owl | Megascops roraimae | 223 |
| Long-tufted screech owl | Megascops sanctaecatarinae | 224 |
| Santa Marta screech owl | Megascops gilesi | 225 |
| West Peruvian screech owl | Megascops roboratus | 226 |
| Tawny-bellied screech owl | Megascops watsonii | 227 |
| Black-capped screech owl | Megascops atricapilla | 228 |
| Spectacled owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | 229 |
| Tawny-browed owl | Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana | 230 |
| Band-bellied owl | Pulsatrix melanota | 231 |
| Crested owl | Lophostrix cristata | 232 |
| Spotted wood owl | Strix seloputo | 233 |
| Mottled wood owl | Strix ocellata | 234 |
| Brown wood owl | Strix leptogrammica | 235 |
| Tawny owl | Strix aluco | 236 |
| Maghreb owl | Strix mauritanica | 237 |
| Himalayan owl | Strix nivicolum | 238 |
| Desert owl | Strix hadorami | 239 |
| Omani owl | Strix butleri | 240 |
| Spotted owl | Strix occidentalis | 241 |
| Barred owl | Strix varia | 242 |
| Cinereous owl | Strix sartorii | 243 |
| Fulvous owl | Strix fulvescens | 244 |
| Rusty-barred owl | Strix hylophila | 245 |
| Chaco owl | Strix chacoensis | 246 |
| Rufous-legged owl | Strix rufipes | 247 |
| Ural owl | Strix uralensis | 248 |
| Pere David's owl | Strix davidi | 249 |
| Great grey owl | Strix nebulosa | 250 |
| African wood owl | Strix woodfordii | 251 |
| Mottled owl | Strix virgata | 252 |
| Black-and-white owl | Strix nigrolineata | 253 |
| Black-banded owl | Strix huhula | 254 |
| Rufous-banded owl | Strix albitarsis | 255 |
References
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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