Birds of the World
Order: Strigiformes

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(307 species)


Family Tytonidae
Barn Owls

Greater Sooty-Owl  (Tyto tenebricosa)   
Lesser Sooty-Owl  (Tyto multipunctata)   
Minahassa Masked-Owl  (Tyto inexspectata)   
Taliabu Masked-Owl  (Tyto nigrobrunnea)   
Lesser Masked-Owl  (Tyto sororcula)   
Manus Masked-Owl  (Tyto manusi)   
Bismarck Masked-Owl  (Tyto aurantia)   
Australian Masked-Owl  (Tyto novaehollandiae)   
Tasmanian Masked-Owl  (Tyto castanops)   
Sulawesi Owl  (Tyto rosenbergii)   
Madagascar Red Owl  (Tyto soumagnei)   
Barn Owl  (Tyto alba)   
Ashy-faced Owl  (Tyto glaucops)   
African Grass-Owl  (Tyto capensis)   
Eastern Grass-Owl  (Tyto longimembris)   
Congo Bay-Owl  (Phodilus prigoginei)   
Oriental Bay-Owl  (Phodilus badius)   


Family Strigidae
Owls

White-fronted Scops-Owl  (Otus sagittatus)   
Reddish Scops-Owl  (Otus rufescens)   
Sandy Scops-Owl  (Otus icterorhynchus)   
Sokoke Scops-Owl  (Otus ireneae)   
Andaman Scops-Owl  (Otus balli)   
Mountain Scops-Owl  (Otus spilocephalus)   
Simeulue Scops-Owl  (Otus umbra)   
Javan Scops-Owl  (Otus angelinae)   
Sulawesi Scops-Owl  (Otus manadensis)   
Luzon Scops-Owl  (Otus longicornis)   
Mindoro Scops-Owl  (Otus mindorensis)   
Mindanao Scops-Owl  (Otus mirus)   
Sao Tome Scops-Owl  (Otus hartlaubi)   
Pallid Scops-Owl  (Otus brucei)   
Flammulated Owl  (Otus flammeolus)   
Common Scops-Owl  (Otus scops)   
Elegant Scops-Owl  (Otus elegans)   
Mantanani Scops-Owl  (Otus mantananensis)   
Moluccan Scops-Owl  (Otus magicus)   
Malagasy Scops-Owl  (Otus rutilus)   
Grand Comoro Scops-Owl  (Otus pauliani)   
Rajah Scops-Owl  (Otus brookii)   
Collared Scops-Owl  (Otus bakkamoena)   
Mentawai Scops-Owl  (Otus mentawi)   
Palawan Scops-Owl  (Otus fuliginosus)   
Philippine Scops-Owl  (Otus megalotis)   
Wallace's Scops-Owl  (Otus silvicola)   
White-faced Scops-Owl  (Otus leucotis)   
Bare-legged Owl  (Gymnoglaux lawrencii)   
Palau Owl  (Pyrroglaux podarginus)   
Long-tufted Screech-Owl  (Megascops sanctaecatarinae)   
Western Screech-Owl  (Megascops kennicottii)   
Balsas Screech-Owl  (Megascops seductus)   
Pacific Screech-Owl  (Megascops cooperi)   
Eastern Screech-Owl  (Megascops asio)   
Koepcke's Screech-Owl  (Megascops koepckeae)   
Peruvian Screech-Owl  (Megascops roboratus)   
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl  (Megascops clarkii)   
Bearded Screech-Owl  (Megascops barbarus)   
Rufescent Screech-Owl  (Megascops ingens)   
Columbian Screech-Owl  (Megascops colombianus)   
Cinnamon Screech-Owl  (Megascops petersoni)   
Cloud-forest Screech-Owl  (Megascops marshalli)   
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl  (Megascops watsonii)   
Guatemalan Screech-Owl  (Megascops guatemalae)   
Vermiculated Screech-Owl  (Megascops guatemalae)   
Montane Forest Screech-Owl  (Megascops hoyi)   
Variable Screech-Owl  (Megascops atricapillus)   
Black-capped Screech-Owl  (Megascops atricapilla)   
Puerto Rican Screech-Owl  (Megascops nudipes)   
Whiskered Screech-Owl  (Megascops trichopsis)   
Tropical Screech-Owl  (Megascops choliba)   
White-throated Screech-Owl  (Megascops albogularis)   
Lesser Eagle-Owl  (Mimizuku gurneyi)   
Great Horned Owl  (Bubo virginianus)   
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)   
Fraser's Eagle-Owl  (Bubo poensis)   
Nduk 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)   
Snowy Owl  (Bubo scandiaca)   
Blakiston's Fish-Owl  (Ketupa blakistoni)   
Brown Fish-Owl  (Ketupa zeylonensis)   
Tawny Fish-Owl  (Ketupa flavipes)   
Buffy Fish-Owl  (Ketupa ketupu)   
Pel's Fishing-Owl  (Scotopelia peli)   
Rufous Fishing-Owl  (Scotopelia ussheri)   
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl  (Scotopelia bouvieri)   
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)   
Sichuan Wood-Owl  (Strix davidi)   
Great Grey Owl  (Strix nebulosa)   
Mottled Owl  (Strix virgata)   
Black-and-white Owl  (Strix nigrolineata)   
Black-banded Owl  (Strix huhula)   
Rufous-banded Owl  (Strix albitarsus)   
African Wood-Owl  (Strix woodfordii)   
Maned Owl  (Jubula lettii)   
Crested Owl  (Lophostrix cristata)   
Spectacled Owl  (Pulsatrix perspicillata)   
Band-bellied Owl  (Pulsatrix melanota)   
Tawny-browed Owl  (Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana)   
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)   
Andean Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium jardinii)   
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium costaricanum)   
Yungas Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium bolivianum)   
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium hardyi)   
Least Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium minutissimum)   
Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium mooreorum)   
Central American Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium griseiceps)   
Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium sanchezi)   
Colima Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium palmarum)   
Subtropical Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium parkeri)   
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium brasilianum)   
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium peruanum)   
Austral Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium nanum)   
Cuban Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium siju)   
Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl  (Glaucidium nubicola)   
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)   
Ngami Owlet  (Glaucidium ngamiense)   
Scheffler's Owlet  (Glaucidium scheffleri)   
Albertine Owlet  (Glaucidium albertinum)   
Long-whiskered Owlet  (Xenoglaux loweryi)   
Elf Owl  (Micrathene whitneyi)   
Little Owl  (Athene noctua)   
Spotted Owlet  (Athene brama)   
Forest Owlet  (Athene blewitti)   
Burrowing Owl  (Athene cunicularia)   
Boreal Owl  (Aegolius funereus)   
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 boobook)   
Morepork  (Ninox novaeseelandiae)   
Brown Hawk-Owl  (Ninox scutulata)   
Andaman Hawk-Owl  (Ninox affinis)   
White-browed Hawk-Owl  (Ninox superciliaris)   
Philippine Hawk-Owl  (Ninox philippensis)   
Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl  (Ninox ochracea)   
Moluccan Hawk-Owl  (Ninox squamipila)   
Jungle Hawk-Owl  (Ninox theomacha)   
Manus Hawk-Owl  (Ninox meeki)   
Speckled Hawk-Owl  (Ninox punctulata)   
Bismarck Hawk-Owl  (Ninox variegata)   
Russet Hawk-Owl  (Ninox odiosa)   
Solomon Islands Hawk-Owl  (Ninox jacquinoti)   
Papuan Hawk-Owl  (Uroglaux dimorpha)   
Laughing Owl  (Sceloglaux albifacies)   
Jamaican Owl  (Pseudoscops grammicus)   
Stygian Owl  (Asio stygius)   
Long-eared Owl  (Asio otus)   
Abyssinian Owl  (Asio abyssinicus)   
Madagascar Owl  (Asio madagascariensis)   
Striped Owl  (Asio clamator)   
Short-eared Owl  (Asio flammeus)   
Marsh Owl  (Asio capensis)   
Fearful Owl  (Nesasio solomonensis)   


Family Aegothelidae
Owlet-Nightjars

Long-whiskered Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles crinifrons)   
Feline Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles insignis)   
Australian Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles cristatus)   
New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles savesi)   
Barred Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles bennettii)   
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles wallacii)   
Archbold's Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles archboldi)   
Mountain Owlet-Nightjar  (Aegotheles albertisi)   


Family Podargidae
Frogmouths

Tawny Frogmouth  (Podargus strigoides)   
Papuan Frogmouth  (Podargus papuensis)   
Marbled Frogmouth  (Podargus ocellatus)   


Family Batrachostomidae
Asian Frogmouths

Large Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus auritus)   
Dulit Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus harterti)   
Philippine Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus septimus)   
Gould's Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus stellatus)   
Ceylon Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus moniliger)   
Hodgson's Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)   
Short-tailed Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus poliolophus)   
Bornean Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus mixtus)   
Blyth's Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus affinis)   
Javan Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus javensis)   
Sunda Frogmouth  (Batrachostomus cornutus)   


Family Steatornithidae
Oilbird

Oilbird  (Steatornis caripensis)   


Family Nyctibiidae
Potoos

Great Potoo  (Nyctibius grandis)   
Long-tailed Potoo  (Nyctibius aethereus)   
Northern Potoo  (Nyctibius jamaicensis)   
Lesser Potoo  (Nyctibius griseus)   
Andean Potoo  (Nyctibius maculosus)   
White-winged Potoo  (Nyctibius leucopterus)   
Rufous Potoo  (Nyctibius bracteatus)   


Family Eurostopodidae
Eared-Nightjars

Spotted Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus argus)   
White-throated Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus mystacalis)   
Satanic Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus diabolicus)   
Papuan Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus papuensis)   
Mountain Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus archboldi)   
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus temminckii)   
Great Eared-Nightjar  (Eurostopodus macrotis)   


Family Caprimulgidae
Nighthawks

Short-tailed Nighthawk  (Lurocalis semitorquatus)   
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk  (Lurocalis rufiventris)   
Least Nighthawk  (Chordeiles pusillus)   
Sand-colored Nighthawk  (Chordeiles rupestris)   
Lesser Nighthawk  (Chordeiles acutipennis)   
Common Nighthawk  (Chordeiles minor)   
Antillean Nighthawk  (Chordeiles gundlachii)   
Band-tailed Nighthawk  (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)   
Bahia Nighthawk  (Nyctiprogne vielliardi)   
Nacunda Nighthawk  (Podager nacunda)   

Nightjars
Pauraque  (Nyctidromus albicollis)   
Common Poorwill  (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)   
Jamaican Poorwill  (Siphonorhis americanus)   
Least Poorwill  (Siphonorhis brewsteri)   
Eared Poorwill  (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)   
Yucatan Poorwill  (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)   
Ocellated Poorwill  (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)   
Choco Poorwill  (Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)   
Chuck-will's-widow  (Caprimulgus carolinensis)   
Rufous Nightjar  (Caprimulgus rufus)   
Greater Antillean Nightjar  (Caprimulgus cubanensis)   
Tawny-collared Nightjar  (Caprimulgus salvini)   
Yucatán Nightjar  (Caprimulgus badius)   
Silky-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus sericocaudatus)   
Buff-collared Nightjar  (Caprimulgus ridgwayi)   
Whip-poor-will  (Caprimulgus vociferus)   
Puerto Rican Nightjar  (Caprimulgus noctitherus)   
Dusky Nightjar  (Caprimulgus saturatus)   
Band-winged Nightjar  (Caprimulgus longirostris)   
White-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus cayennensis)   
White-winged Nightjar  (Caprimulgus candicans)   
Spot-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus maculicaudus)   
Little Nightjar  (Caprimulgus parvulus)   
Scrub Nightjar  (Caprimulgus anthonyi)   
Cayenne Nightjar  (Caprimulgus maculosus)   
Blackish Nightjar  (Caprimulgus nigrescens)   
Roraiman Nightjar  (Caprimulgus whitelyi)   
Pygmy Nightjar  (Caprimulgus hirundinaceus)   
Brown Nightjar  (Caprimulgus binotatus)   
Red-necked Nightjar  (Caprimulgus ruficollis)   
Grey Nightjar  (Caprimulgus indicus)   
Eurasian Nightjar  (Caprimulgus europaeus)   
Sombre Nightjar  (Caprimulgus fraenatus)   
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar  (Caprimulgus rufigena)   
Egyptian Nightjar  (Caprimulgus aegyptius)   
Sykes's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus mahrattensis)   
Vaurie's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus centralasicus)   
Nubian Nightjar  (Caprimulgus nubicus)   
Golden Nightjar  (Caprimulgus eximius)   
Madagascar Nightjar  (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)   
Large-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus macrurus)   
Jerdon's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus atripennis)   
Philippine Nightjar  (Caprimulgus manillensis)   
Sulawesi Nightjar  (Caprimulgus celebensis)   
Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus donaldsoni)   
Black-shouldered Nightjar  (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)   
Fiery-necked Nightjar  (Caprimulgus pectoralis)   
Itombwe Nightjar  (Caprimulgus prigoginei)   
Montane Nightjar  (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)   
Ruwenzori Nightjar  (Caprimulgus ruwenzorii)   
Indian Nightjar  (Caprimulgus asiaticus)   
Swamp Nightjar  (Caprimulgus natalensis)   
Plain Nightjar  (Caprimulgus inornatus)   
Star-spotted Nightjar  (Caprimulgus stellatus)   
Savanna Nightjar  (Caprimulgus affinis)   
Freckled Nightjar  (Caprimulgus tristigma)   
Bonaparte's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus concretus)   
Salvadori's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus pulchellus)   
Collared Nightjar  (Caprimulgus enarratus)   
Bates's Nightjar  (Caprimulgus batesi)   
Long-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus climacurus)   
Slender-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus clarus)   
Square-tailed Nightjar  (Caprimulgus fossii)   
Standard-winged Nightjar  (Macrodipteryx longipennis)   
Pennant-winged Nightjar  (Macrodipteryx vexillarius)   
Ladder-tailed Nightjar  (Hydropsalis climacocerca)   
Scissor-tailed Nightjar  (Hydropsalis brasiliana)   
Swallow-tailed Nightjar  (Uropsalis segmentata)   
Lyre-tailed Nightjar  (Uropsalis lyra)   
Long-trained Nightjar  (Macropsalis creagra)   
Sickle-winged Nightjar  (Eleothreptus anomalus)