Order
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
| - STRIGIFORMES |
| Abyssinian Owl i U | Strigidae | Asio abyssinicus | AF | e |
| African Barred Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium capense | AF | se, sc, w |
| African Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus senegalensis | AF | widespread |
| African Wood Owl i | Strigidae | Strix woodfordii | AF | widespread |
| Akun Eagle-Owl i U | Strigidae | Bubo leucostictus | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana; Nigeria to e DRCongo and n Angola |
| Albertine Owlet (VU) i | Strigidae | Glaucidium albertinum | AF | ne Congo and n Rwanda |
| Alor Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox plesseni | AU | Alor I. (e Lesser Sundas) |
| Amazonian Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium hardyi | SA | Amazonia |
| Andaman Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox affinis | OR | Andaman Is. |
| Andaman Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus balli | OR | Andaman Is. |
| Andean Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium jardinii | SA | w Venezuela to c Peru |
| Anjouan Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus capnodes | AF | Anjouan I. (Comoros) |
| Annobon Scops Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Otus feae | AF | Annobón I. (Gulf of Guinea) |
| Arabian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo milesi | EU | s Arabian Pen. |
| Arabian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus pamelae | EU | s Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen |
| Asian Barred Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium cuculoides | OR | Himalayas to se Asia |
| Austral Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium nana | SA | Southern Cone |
| Australian Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox boobook | AU | Lesser Sundas, s New Guinea and Australia |
| Baja Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium hoskinsii | MA | Baja California (Mexico) |
| Balsas Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops seductus | MA | sw Mexico |
| Band-bellied Owl i | Strigidae | Pulsatrix melanota | SA | se Colombia to Bolivia |
| Bare-legged Owl i | Strigidae | Margarobyas lawrencii | NA | Cuba |
| Bare-shanked Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops clarkii | MA, SA | Costa Rica to nw Colombia |
| Barking Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox connivens | AU | Moluccas, New Guinea and Australia |
| Barred Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo sumatranus | OR | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
| Barred Owl i | Strigidae | Strix varia | NA | se Alaska and s Canada through se, sc USA |
| Bearded Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops barbarus | MA | s Mexico and n Guatemala |
| Bermuda Saw-whet Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Aegolius gradyi | NA | Bermuda |
| Biak Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus beccarii | AU | Biak I. |
| Black-and-white Owl i | Strigidae | Strix nigrolineata | MA, SA | c Mexico to Venezuela and Peru |
| Black-banded Owl i | Strigidae | Strix huhula | SA | widespread |
| Black-capped Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops atricapilla | SA | e Paraguay and se Brazil |
| Blakiston's Fish Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Bubo blakistoni | EU | ne China and n Japan |
| Boreal Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius funereus | NA, EU | n |
| Brown Fish Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa zeylonensis | OR, EU | Middle East to se Asia |
| Brown Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox scutulata | OR, EU | e Asia through Orient |
| Brown Wood Owl i | Strigidae | Strix leptogrammica | OR | widespread |
| Buff-fronted Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius harrisii | SA | e, c |
| Buffy Fish Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa ketupu | OR | se Asia to Java and Borneo |
| Burrowing Owl i | Strigidae | Athene cunicularia | NA, MA, SA | widespread |
| Buru Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox hantu | AU | Buru (c Moluccas) |
| Camiguin Hawk-Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox leventisi | OR | Camiguin Sur (c Philippines) |
| Cape Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo capensis | AF | s, se, e |
| Cebu Hawk-Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox rumseyi | OR | Cebu (w Philippines) |
| Central American Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium griseiceps | MA, SA | s Mexico to w Colombia and nw Ecuador |
| Chaco Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Strix chacoensis | SA | s Bolivia and w Paraguay to c Argentina |
| Chestnut-backed Owlet (NT) i | Strigidae | Glaucidium castanotum | OR | Sri Lanka |
| Choco Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops centralis | SA | Canal Zone (Panama) s to w Ecuador (nearly to nw Peru) and e at least to the Cauca and Magdalena Valleys of Colombia |
| Chocolate Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox randi | OR | Philippines, except Palawan |
| Christmas Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox natalis | IO | Christmas I. |
| Cinereous Owl i | Strigidae | Strix sartorii | MA | c Mexico |
| Cinnabar Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox ios | AU | n Sulawesi |
| Cinnamon Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops petersoni | SA | se Ecuador to nw Peru |
| Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Glaucidium nubicola | SA | Colombia and Ecuador |
| Cloud-forest Screech Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Megascops marshalli | SA | c, s Peru |
| Colima Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium palmarum | MA | w Mexico |
| Collared Owlet i | Strigidae | Taenioptynx brodiei | OR | widespread |
| Collared Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus lettia | OR | w Himalayas through s China, n Indochina and Taiwan |
| Costa Rican Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium costaricanum | MA | Costa Rica and Panama |
| Crested Owl i | Strigidae | Lophostrix cristata | MA, SA | s Mexico through Amazonia |
| Cuban Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium siju | NA | Cuba |
| Cyprus Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus cyprius | EU | Cyprus |
| Desert Owl i | Strigidae | Strix hadorami | EU, AF | Middle East including Syria, Jordan, Arabia, Sinai Pen. and n Egypt |
| Dusky Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo coromandus | OR | Pakistan to s Thailand, also e China |
| East Brazilian Pygmy Owl i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium minutissimum | SA | se Brazil and e Paraguay |
| Eastern Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops asio | NA, MA | se, sc Canada to ne Mexico |
| Elf Owl i | Strigidae | Micrathene whitneyi | NA, MA | sw USA to c Mexico |
| Enggano Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus enganensis | OR | Enggano Is. (w Sumatra) |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo bubo | EU | widespread |
| Eurasian Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium passerinum | EU | widespread |
| Eurasian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus scops | EU | w, c |
| Everett's Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus everetti | OR | Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Basilan (Philippines) |
| Fearful Owl i | Strigidae | Asio solomonensis | AU | Solomon Is. |
| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium brasilianum | MA, SA | widespread |
| Flammulated Owl i | Strigidae | Psiloscops flammeolus | NA, MA | sw Canada to s Mexico |
| Flores Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus alfredi | AU | Flores |
| Foothill Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops roraimae | SA | ne Colombia to n Venezuela and tepuis of s Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and adjacent Brazil; also e slope of the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia |
| Forest Owlet (EN) i | Strigidae | Athene blewitti | OR | c India |
| Fraser's Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo poensis | AF | Sierra Leone to Uganda c DRCongo and n Angola |
| Fulvous Owl i U | Strigidae | Strix fulvescens | MA | s Mexico to El Salvador |
| Giant Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus gurneyi | OR | Philippines |
| Great Grey Owl i | Strigidae | Strix nebulosa | NA, EU | n |
| Great Horned Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo virginianus | NA, MA, SA | widespread |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl i U | Strigidae | Bubo cinerascens | AF | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and n Kenya |
| Guatemalan Pygmy Owl i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium cobanense | MA | s Mexico to Guatemala and Honduras |
| Halmahera Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox hypogramma | AU | n Moluccas |
| Himalayan Owl i | Strigidae | Strix nivicolum | EU | Himalayas to e Asia |
| Hume's Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox obscura | OR | Andaman Is. |
| Indian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo bengalensis | OR | Indian subcontinent |
| Indian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus bakkamoena | EU, OR | s Pakistan, c, s India and Sri Lanka |
| Jamaican Owl i | Strigidae | Pseudoscops grammicus | NA | Jamaica |
| Japanese Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus semitorques | EU | ne China, Korean Pen., Ussuriland, Japan and Ryukyu Is. |
| Javan Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium castanopterum | OR | Java |
| Javan Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus angelinae | OR | w Java |
| Jungle Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium radiatum | OR | India |
| Karthala Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus pauliani | AF | Grand Comore I. (Comoros) |
| Koepcke's Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops koepckeae | SA | nw, c Peru |
| Laughing Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Ninox albifacies | AU | New Zealand |
| Lesser Horned Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo magellanicus | SA | c Peru to Tierra del Fuego |
| Little Owl i | Strigidae | Athene noctua | EU, AF | widespread EU and n, ne AF |
| Little Sumba Hawk-Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox sumbaensis | AU | Sumba (e Lesser Sundas) |
| Long-eared Owl i | Strigidae | Asio otus | NA, MA, EU | widespread |
| Long-tufted Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops sanctaecatarinae | SA | se Brazil, ne Argentina and Uruguay |
| Long-whiskered Owlet (VU) i U | Strigidae | Xenoglaux loweryi | SA | n Peru |
| Luzon Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox philippensis | OR | n, c Philippines |
| Luzon Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus longicornis | OR | Luzon (n Philippines) |
| Madagascan Owl i | Strigidae | Asio madagascariensis | AF | Madagascar |
| Maghreb Owl i | Strigidae | Strix mauritanica | AF | nw Africa |
| Maned Owl (DD) i | Strigidae | Jubula lettii | AF | Liberia to Ghana; s Cameroon and Gabon to e DRCongo |
| Mantanani Scops Owl (NT) i U | Strigidae | Otus mantananensis | OR | Philippines |
| Manus Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox meeki | AU | Admiralty Is. |
| Marsh Owl i U | Strigidae | Asio capensis | AF | widespread |
| Mauritius Owl i | Strigidae | Otus sauzieri | IO | Mauritius I. |
| Mayotte Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus mayottensis | AF | Mayotte I. (Comoros) |
| Mentawai Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mentawi | OR | Mentawai Arch. |
| Middle American Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops guatemalae | MA | nw, ne Mexico to n Nicaragua |
| Mindanao Hawk-Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox spilocephala | OR | Basilan, Mindanao, Siargao and Dinagat Is. (s Philippines) |
| Mindanao Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mirus | OR | Mindanao (s Philippines) |
| Mindoro Hawk-Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox mindorensis | OR | Mindoro (wc Philippines) |
| Mindoro Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mindorensis | OR | Mindoro (nc Philippines) |
| Moheli Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus moheliensis | AF | Mohéli I. (Comoros) |
| Moluccan Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus magicus | AU | Moluccas and Lesser Sundas |
| Morepork i U | Strigidae | Ninox novaeseelandiae | AU | Tasmania and New Zealand |
| Mottled Owl i | Strigidae | Strix virgata | MA, SA | widespread |
| Mottled Wood Owl i | Strigidae | Strix ocellata | OR | India and Myanmar |
| Mountain Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium gnoma | NA, MA | sw Arizona (USA) to c Mexico |
| Mountain Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus spilocephalus | OR | widespread |
| Negros Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus nigrorum | OR | Negros and Panay (Philippines) |
| New Britain Boobook (VU) i U | Strigidae | Ninox odiosa | AU | Bismarck Arch. |
| New Ireland Boobook i U | Strigidae | Ninox variegata | AU | Bismarck Arch. |
| Nicobar Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus alius | OR | Nicobar Is. |
| Northern Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox japonica | OR | Russian Far East to Korean Pen., Japan and Taiwan |
| Northern Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Surnia ulula | NA, EU | n |
| Northern Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium californicum | NA | w NA from se Alaska to s Baja California (Mexico) |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius acadicus | NA | widespread, also c Mexico |
| Northern White-faced Owl i U | Strigidae | Ptilopsis leucotis | AF | Senegal and Gambia to Somalia, s to n DRCongo, Uganda and c Kenya |
| Ochre-bellied Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox ochracea | AU | Sulawesi |
| Omani Owl (DD) i | Strigidae | Strix butleri | EU | n Oman and e Iran |
| Oriental Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus sunia | OR | widespread, also e Asia |
| Pacific Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium peruanum | SA | w Ecuador and Peru |
| Pacific Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops cooperi | MA | s Mexico to nw Costa Rica |
| Palau Owl i | Strigidae | Otus podarginus | PO | Palau Is. |
| Palawan Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus fuliginosus | OR | Palawan (w Philippines) |
| Pallid Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus brucei | EU | sw, c |
| Papuan Boobook i U | Strigidae | Ninox theomacha | AU | New Guinea |
| Papuan Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Uroglaux dimorpha | AU | New Guinea |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium perlatum | AF | widespread |
| Pel's Fishing Owl i U | Strigidae | Scotopelia peli | AF | widespread s of the Sahara |
| Pemba Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus pembaensis | AF | Pemba I. (off Tanzania) |
| Pere David's Owl i | Strigidae | Strix davidi | EU | c China |
| Pernambuco Pygmy Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Glaucidium mooreorum | SA | e Brazil |
| Pharaoh Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo ascalaphus | AF | nw AF to Arabian Pen. |
| Philippine Eagle-Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Bubo philippensis | OR | Philippines |
| Philippine Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus megalotis | OR | Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque (Philippines) |
| Powerful Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox strenua | AU | e Australia |
| Puerto Rican Owl i | Strigidae | Gymnasio nudipes | NA | Puerto Rico |
| Rainforest Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus rutilus | AF | Madagascar |
| Rajah Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus brookii | OR | Sumatra and Borneo |
| Red-chested Owlet i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium tephronotum | AF | w, c |
| Reddish Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus rufescens | OR | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
| Reunion Owl i | Strigidae | Otus grucheti | IO | Réunion I. |
| Rinjani Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus jolandae | AU | Lombok (Lesser Sundas) |
| Rodrigues Owl i | Strigidae | Otus murivorus | IO | Rodrigues I. |
| Romblon Hawk-Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox spilonotus | OR | Sibuyan and Tablas Is. (c Philippines) |
| Rote Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox rotiensis | AU | Rote I. (e Lesser Sundas) |
| Rufescent Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops ingens | SA | Venezuela, w Colombia to Bolivia |
| Rufous Fishing Owl (VU) i U | Strigidae | Scotopelia ussheri | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana |
| Rufous Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox rufa | AU | New Guinea and n Australia |
| Rufous-banded Owl i | Strigidae | Strix albitarsis | SA | Venezuela to Bolivia |
| Rufous-legged Owl i | Strigidae | Strix rufipes | SA | c Chile to Tierra del Fuego |
| Rusty-barred Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Strix hylophila | SA | se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina |
| Ryukyu Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus elegans | OR | islands s of Japan to Philippines |
| Sandy Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus icterorhynchus | AF | w, c |
| Sangihe Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus collari | AU | Sangihe I. |
| Santa Marta Screech Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Megascops gilesi | SA | nw Santa Marta Mts. (ne Colombia) |
| Sao Tome Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus hartlaubi | AF | São Tomé |
| Seram Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox squamipila | AU | Seram (c Moluccas) |
| Serendib Scops Owl (EN) i U | Strigidae | Otus thilohoffmanni | OR | Sri Lanka |
| Seychelles Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus insularis | IO | Seychelles Is. |
| Shelley's Eagle-Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Bubo shelleyi | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana; Cameroon to e DRCongo and Gabon |
| Short-eared Owl i | Strigidae | Asio flammeus | Worldwide | widespread except AU |
| Siau Scops Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Otus siaoensis | AU | Siau I. |
| Simeulue Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus umbra | OR | Simeulue I. |
| Sjoestedt's Barred Owlet i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium sjostedti | AF | Cameroon to DRCongo and Gabon |
| Snowy Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Bubo scandiacus | NA, EU | widespread in the n |
| Socotra Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus socotranus | AF | Socotra |
| Sokoke Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus ireneae | AF | se Kenya and ne Tanzania |
| Solomons Boobook i | Strigidae | Athene jacquinoti | AU | Solomon Is. |
| Southern White-faced Owl i | Strigidae | Ptilopsis granti | AF | Gabon to s Uganda and sw Kenya, s to Namibia and South Africa |
| Speckled Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox punctulata | AU | Sulawesi |
| Spectacled Owl i | Strigidae | Pulsatrix perspicillata | MA, SA | s Mexico to ne Argentina |
| Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo nipalensis | OR | s India and Sri Lanka, Himalayas to se Asia |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo africanus | AF | s of Equator |
| Spotted Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Strix occidentalis | NA, MA | w |
| Spotted Owlet i | Strigidae | Athene brama | OR, EU | s Iran to se Asia |
| Spotted Wood Owl i | Strigidae | Strix seloputo | OR | se Asia, Sumatra, Java and Philippines |
| Striped Owl i | Strigidae | Asio clamator | MA, SA | widespread |
| Stygian Owl i | Strigidae | Asio stygius | MA, SA | widespread |
| Subtropical Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium parkeri | SA | Ecuador to Bolivia |
| Sula Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus sulaensis | AU | Sula Is. |
| Sulawesi Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus manadensis | AU | Sulawesi |
| Sulu Hawk-Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox reyi | OR | Sulu Arch. |
| Sumba Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox rudolfi | AU | Sumba (e Lesser Sundas) |
| Sunda Owlet i | Strigidae | Taenioptynx sylvaticum | OR | Greater Sundas |
| Sunda Scops Owl i U | Strigidae | Otus lempiji | OR | s Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo and Java |
| Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl (NT) i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium sanchezi | MA | ne Mexico |
| Tanimbar Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox forbesi | AU | Tanimbar Is. |
| Tawny Fish Owl i U | Strigidae | Ketupa flavipes | OR | Himalayas to se Asia |
| Tawny Owl i | Strigidae | Strix aluco | EU | w Eurasia |
| Tawny-bellied Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops watsonii | SA | Amazonia |
| Tawny-browed Owl i | Strigidae | Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana | SA | se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina |
| Timor Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox fusca | AU | Timor I. (e Lesser Sundas) |
| Togian Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox burhani | AU | Togian Is. |
| Torotoroka Scops Owl i U | Strigidae | Otus madagascariensis | AF | Madagascar |
| Tropical Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops choliba | MA, SA | Costa Rica to ne Argentina |
| Unspotted Saw-whet Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius ridgwayi | MA | s Mexico to w Panama |
| Ural Owl i | Strigidae | Strix uralensis | EU | widespread |
| Usambara Eagle-Owl i U | Strigidae | Bubo vosseleri | AF | ne Tanzania |
| Vermiculated Fishing Owl i U | Strigidae | Scotopelia bouvieri | AF | Nigeria to e DRCongo and n Angola |
| Vermiculated Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops vermiculatus | MA | e Nicaragua, Costa Rica and w Panama |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo lacteus | AF | widespread s of the Sahara |
| Wallace's Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus silvicola | AU | Lesser Sundas |
| West Peruvian Screech Owl i U | Strigidae | Megascops roboratus | SA | sw Ecuador and nw Peru |
| Western Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops kennicottii | NA, MA | w, s Alaska to s Mexico |
| Whiskered Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops trichopsis | NA, MA | se Arizona to nc Nicaragua |
| White-browed Owl i | Strigidae | Athene superciliaris | AF | Madagascar |
| White-fronted Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus sagittatus | OR | Malay Pen. |
| White-throated Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops albogularis | SA | Venezuela to Bolivia |
| Yungas Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium bolivianum | SA | Peru to nw Argentina |
| Yungas Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops hoyi | SA | s Bolivia to nw Argentina |
| African Grass Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto capensis | AF | sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Cameroon s to South Africa |
| American Barn Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto furcata | NA, MA, SA | Widespread |
| Andaman Masked Owl i U | Tytonidae | Tyto deroepstorffi | OR | s Andaman Is. |
| Ashy-faced Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto glaucops | NA | Hispaniola |
| Australian Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto novaehollandiae | AU | Australia and s New Guinea |
| Congo Bay Owl (EN) i | Tytonidae | Phodilus prigoginei | AF | e DRCongo and nw Tanzania |
| Eastern Barn Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto javanica | OR, AU | South and se Asia to Australasia and sw Pacific |
| Eastern Grass Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto longimembris | OR, AU | India to se China, Taiwan, Philippines, Sulawesi, se New Guinea, n, ne Australia and New Caledonia |
| Golden Masked Owl (VU) i U | Tytonidae | Tyto aurantia | AU | Bismarck Arch. |
| Greater Sooty Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto tenebricosa | AU | New Guinea and e Australia |
| Lesser Sooty Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto multipunctata | AU | ne Queensland (Australia) |
| Manus Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto manusi | AU | Admiralty Is. |
| Minahassa Masked Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto inexspectata | AU | n Sulawesi |
| Moluccan Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto sororcula | AU | s Moluccas |
| Oriental Bay Owl i | Tytonidae | Phodilus badius | OR | se Asia to Borneo and Java |
| Red Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto soumagnei | AF | Madagascar |
| Sri Lanka Bay Owl i | Tytonidae | Phodilus assimilis | OR | Sri Lanka, sw India |
| Sulawesi Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto rosenbergii | AU | Sulawesi |
| Taliabu Masked Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto nigrobrunnea | AU | Taliabu I. (Sula Arch.) |
| Western Barn Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto alba | AF, EU | widespread |
50% 124 species of 250 (2 extinct).
