Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
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 | Strigidae | Ketupa leucosticta | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana; Nigeria to e DR Congo and n Angola | |
| Albertine Owlet (NT) i | Strigidae | Glaucidium albertinum | AF | ne Congo and n Rwanda | |
| Alor Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox plesseni | AU | Alor (ec Lesser Sundas) | |
| Amazonian Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium hardyi | SA | Amazonia | |
| Andaman Boobook 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 (=Nzwani; ec Comoros) | |
| Annobon Scops Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Otus feae | AF | Annobón (Gulf of Guinea is.) | |
| Arabian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo milesi | PAL | sw Saudi Arabia and sw Yemen, ne Yemen and sw Oman, and n Oman (s Arabian Pen.) | |
| Arabian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus pamelae | PAL | wc, sw Saudi Arabia, Yemen and sw Oman | |
| 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, sc New Guinea and Australia (except Tasmania) | |
| 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 | |
| Banggai Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus mendeni | AU | Banggai Is. (e of Sulawesi) | |
| 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 | n Moluccas, e New Guinea and Australia | |
| Barred Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa sumatrana | 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 (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) | |
| 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 i | Strigidae | Ketupa blakistoni | PAL | ne China and n Japan | |
| Boreal Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius funereus | NA, PAL | n | |
| Brown Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox scutulata | OR, PAL | n India to s China and Borneo | Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas |
| Brown Fish Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa zeylonensis | OR, PAL | Middle East to se Asia | |
| 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 (wc Moluccas) | |
| Camiguin Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox leventisi | OR | Camiguin Sur (n of Mindanao, s Philippines) | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo capensis | AF | s, se, e | |
| Cebu Boobook (VU) 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 group) and Talaud Is. (ne of Sulawesi) | |
| Christmas Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox natalis | IO | Christmas I. (s of w Java) | |
| Cinereous Owl i | Strigidae | Strix sartorii | MA | c Mexico | |
| Cinnabar Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox ios | AU | montane 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 | PAL | Cyprus | |
| Desert Owl i | Strigidae | Strix hadorami | PAL, AF | Red Sea coast of Egypt and Sudan, Sinai Pen., s, e Israel, w Jordan and patchily through Saudi Arabia, Yemen and s Oman | |
| Dusky Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa coromanda | 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 (w of s Sumatra) | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo bubo | PAL | widespread | |
| Eurasian Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium passerinum | PAL | widespread | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus scops | PAL | w, c | AF |
| Everett's Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus everetti | OR | Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Basilan (ec and s Philippines) | |
| Fearful Owl i | Strigidae | Asio solomonensis | AU | Bougainville, Choiseul and Isabel (n, c 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 | montane Flores (c Lesser Sundas) | |
| 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 | Ketupa poensis | AF | Sierra Leone to Uganda c DR Congo and n Angola; ne Tanzania | |
| Fulvous Owl i | Strigidae | Strix fulvescens | MA | s Mexico to El Salvador | |
| Giant Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus gurneyi | OR | Samar, Dinagat, Siargao and Mindanao (Philippines) | |
| Great Grey Owl i | Strigidae | Strix nebulosa | NA, PAL | n | |
| Great Horned Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo virginianus | NA, MA, SA | widespread | |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo cinerascens | AF | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and n Kenya | |
| Guadalcanal Owl i | Strigidae | Athene granti | AU | Guadalcanal (sc Solomon Is.) | |
| Guatemalan Pygmy Owl i U | Strigidae | Glaucidium cobanense | MA | s Mexico to Guatemala and Honduras | |
| Halmahera Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox hypogramma | AU | Halmahera, Ternate and Bacan (n Moluccas) | |
| Himalayan Owl i | Strigidae | Strix nivicolum | PAL | Himalayas to e Asia | |
| Hume's Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox obscura | OR | Andaman Is. | |
| Indian Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo bengalensis | OR | Indian subcontinent | |
| Indian Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus bakkamoena | PAL, OR | s Pakistan, c, s India and Sri Lanka | |
| Jamaican Owl i | Strigidae | Asio grammicus | NA | Jamaica | |
| Japanese Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus semitorques | PAL | ne China, Korean Pen., Ussuriland, Japan and Ryukyu Is. | |
| Javan Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium castanopterum | OR | Java and Bali | |
| Javan Scops Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Otus angelinae | OR | montane w Java | |
| Jungle Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium radiatum | OR | India | |
| Karthala Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus pauliani | AF | montane Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros) | |
| Koepcke's Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops koepckeae | SA | nw, c Peru | |
| Laughing Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Ninox albifacies † | AU | North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand) | |
| Least Boobook (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox sumbaensis | AU | Sumba (wc Lesser Sundas) | |
| Lesser Horned Owl i | Strigidae | Bubo magellanicus | SA | c Peru to Tierra del Fuego | |
| Little Owl i | Strigidae | Athene noctua | PAL, AF | widespread PAL and n, ne AF | |
| Long-eared Owl i | Strigidae | Asio otus | NA, MA, PAL | widespread | |
| Long-tufted Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops sanctaecatarinae | SA | se Brazil, ne Argentina and Uruguay | |
| Long-whiskered Owlet (VU) i | Strigidae | Xenoglaux loweryi | SA | n Peru | |
| Luzon Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox philippensis | OR | n, c Philippines | |
| Luzon Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus longicornis | OR | montane Luzon (n Philippines) | |
| Madagascar Owl i | Strigidae | Asio madagascariensis | AF | Madagascar | |
| Maghreb Owl i | Strigidae | Strix mauritanica | AF | nw Africa | |
| Makira Owl i | Strigidae | Athene roseoaxillaris | AU | Makira (=San Cristóbal Is.; se Solomon Is.) | |
| Malaita Owl i | Strigidae | Athene malaitae | AU | Malaita (sc Solomon Is.) | |
| Maned Owl (DD) i | Strigidae | Jubula lettii | AF | Liberia to Ghana; s Cameroon and Gabon to e DR Congo | |
| Mantanani Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mantananensis | OR | Philippines | |
| Manus Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox meeki | AU | Manus and Los Negros (ne of Manus; Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.) | |
| Marsh Owl i U | Strigidae | Asio capensis | AF | widespread | |
| Mauritius Scops Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Otus sauzieri †† † | IO | Mauritius (c Mascarenes) | |
| Mayotte Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus mayottensis | AF | Mayotte (se Comoros) | |
| Mentawai Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mentawi | OR | Mentawai Is. (w of c Sumatra) | |
| Middle American Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops guatemalae | MA | nw, ne Mexico to n Nicaragua | |
| Mindanao Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox spilocephala | OR | Basilan, Mindanao, Siargao and Dinagat Is. (s Philippines) | |
| Mindanao Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mirus | OR | montane Mindanao (s Philippines) | |
| Mindoro Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox mindorensis | OR | Mindoro (wc Philippines) | |
| Mindoro Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus mindorensis | OR | montane Mindoro (nc Philippines) | |
| Moheli Scops Owl (EN) i | Strigidae | Otus moheliensis | AF | montane Mohéli (=Mwali; wc Comoros) | |
| Moluccan Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus magicus | AU | Moluccas and Lesser Sundas | |
| Morepork i U | Strigidae | Ninox novaeseelandiae | AU | North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Norfolk and Lord Howe is. | |
| 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 U | Strigidae | Otus nigrorum | OR | Negros and Panay (wc Philippines) | |
| New Britain Boobook (VU) i U | Strigidae | Ninox odiosa | AU | New Britain and Watom (n of ne New Britain; se Bismarck Arch.) | |
| New Ireland Boobook i U | Strigidae | Ninox variegata | AU | montane Lavongai and New Ireland (ne 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, PAL | n | |
| Northern Pygmy Owl i | Strigidae | Glaucidium californicum | NA, MA | w NA from se Alaska to n Mexico | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl i | Strigidae | Aegolius acadicus | NA, MA | widespread, also n Mexico | |
| Northern White-faced Owl i | Strigidae | Ptilopsis leucotis | AF | Senegal and Gambia to Somalia, s to n DR Congo, Uganda and c Kenya | |
| Ochre-bellied Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox ochracea | AU | Sulawesi and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi) | |
| Omani Owl i | Strigidae | Strix butleri | PAL | montane ne UAE, n Oman and ne 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 Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus podarginus | PO | Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) | |
| Palawan Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus fuliginosus | OR | Palawan (sw Philippines) | |
| Pallid Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus brucei | PAL | sw, c | nw India |
| Papuan Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox theomacha | AU | New Guinea (except sc) | |
| Papuan Hawk-Owl i | Strigidae | Uroglaux dimorpha | AU | New Guinea and some satellites | |
| 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) | |
| 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 i | Strigidae | Ketupa philippensis | OR | Philippines (except West Visayas, Palawan group and Sulu Arch.) | |
| Philippine Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus megalotis | OR | Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque (n Philippines) | |
| Powerful Owl i | Strigidae | Ninox strenua | AU | se QLD to se SA (e, se Australia) | |
| Principe Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus bikegila | AF | Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
| Puerto Rican Owl i | Strigidae | Gymnasio nudipes | NA | Puerto Rico | |
| Rainforest Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus rutilus | AF | e Madagascar | |
| Rajah Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus brookii | OR | montane 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 Scops Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Otus grucheti †† † | IO | Réunion (w Mascarenes) | |
| Rinjani Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus jolandae | AU | Lombok (w Lesser Sundas) | |
| Rodrigues Scops Owl (EX) i | Strigidae | Otus murivorus †† † | IO | Rodrigues (e Mascarenes) | |
| Romblon Boobook (EN) i | Strigidae | Ninox spilonotus | OR | Sibuyan and Tablas (c Philippines) | |
| Rote Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox rotiensis | AU | Rote (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 w satellites, 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 i | Strigidae | Strix hylophila | SA | se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina | |
| Ryukyu Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus elegans | OR | Ryukyu Is., Daito Is., and Okinoshima, off s Kyushu (s Japan) and Taiwan to far n Philippines | |
| Sandy Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus icterorhynchus | AF | w, c | |
| Sangihe Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus collari | AU | Sangihe (n of Sulawesi) | |
| 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 (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
| Seram Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox squamipila | AU | Seram (ec Moluccas) | |
| Serendib Scops Owl (EN) i U | Strigidae | Otus thilohoffmanni | OR | Sri Lanka | |
| Seychelles Scops Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Otus insularis | IO | montane Mahé (sw Inner Is., ne Seychelles) | |
| Shelley's Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa shelleyi | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana; Cameroon to e DR Congo and Gabon | |
| Short-eared Owl i | Strigidae | Asio flammeus | Worldwide | widespread except AU | |
| Siau Scops Owl (CR) i | Strigidae | Otus siaoensis | AU | Siau (n of Sulawesi; known from one specimen) | |
| Simeulue Scops Owl (NT) i | Strigidae | Otus umbra | OR | Simeulue (w of n Sumatra) | |
| Sjoestedt's Barred Owlet i | Strigidae | Glaucidium sjostedti | AF | Cameroon to DR Congo and Gabon | |
| Snowy Owl (VU) i | Strigidae | Bubo scandiacus | NA, PAL | 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 | |
| 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, Kabaena, Muna and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi) | |
| Spectacled Owl i | Strigidae | Pulsatrix perspicillata | MA, SA | s Mexico to ne Argentina | |
| Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa 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, PAL | s Iran to se Asia | |
| Spotted Wood Owl i | Strigidae | Strix seloputo | OR | se Asia, ec Sumatra, Java and Palawan group (sw 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. (e of Sulawesi) | |
| Sulawesi Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus manadensis | AU | Sulawesi, Salayar (s of sw Sulawesi), Kabaena, Muna, Butung (=Buton) and Wowoni (se of se Sulawesi) | |
| Sulu Boobook (VU) i | Strigidae | Ninox reyi | OR | Sulu Arch. (s Philippines) | |
| Sumba Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox rudolfi | AU | Sumba (sc Lesser Sundas) | |
| Sunda Owlet i | Strigidae | Taenioptynx sylvaticus | OR | montane Sumatra and Borneo | |
| 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. (s Moluccas) | |
| Tasmanian Boobook i | Strigidae | Ninox leucopsis | AU | Tasmania (se Australia) | |
| Tawny Fish Owl i U | Strigidae | Ketupa flavipes | OR | Himalayas to se Asia | |
| Tawny Owl i | Strigidae | Strix aluco | PAL | 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 (e Lesser Sundas) | |
| Togian Boobook (NT) i | Strigidae | Ninox burhani | AU | Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi) | |
| Torotoroka Scops Owl i U | Strigidae | Otus madagascariensis | AF | w, c 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 | PAL | widespread | |
| Vermiculated Fishing Owl i | Strigidae | Scotopelia bouvieri | AF | Nigeria to e DR Congo and n Angola | |
| Vermiculated Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops vermiculatus | MA | e Nicaragua, Costa Rica and w Panama | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl i | Strigidae | Ketupa lactea | AF | widespread s of the Sahara | |
| Wallace's Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus silvicola | AU | Sumbawa and Flores (w, c Lesser Sundas) | |
| West Peruvian Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops roboratus | SA | sw Ecuador and nw Peru | |
| West Solomons Owl i | Strigidae | Athene jacquinoti | AU | w, c Solomon Is. | |
| Western Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops kennicottii | NA, MA | w, s Alaska to s Mexico | |
| Wetar Scops Owl i | Strigidae | Otus tempestatis | AU | Wetar (e Lesser Sundas) | |
| Whiskered Screech Owl i | Strigidae | Megascops trichopsis | NA, MA | se Arizona to nc Nicaragua | |
| White-browed Owl i | Strigidae | Athene superciliaris | AF | Madagascar (except c) | |
| 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 U | Tytonidae | Tyto glaucops | NA | Hispaniola | |
| Australian Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto novaehollandiae | AU | sc New Guinea and Australia | |
| Eastern Barn Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto javanica | OR, AU, PO | s, se Asia to Australasia and sw Pacific | |
| Eastern Grass Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto longimembris | OR, AU | e India to e China, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, se New Guinea, n, ne Australia and New Caledonia | |
| Golden Masked Owl (VU) i U | Tytonidae | Tyto aurantia | AU | New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) | |
| Greater Sooty Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto tenebricosa | AU | New Guinea (except sc) and e Australia | |
| Itombwe Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto prigoginei | AF | e DR Congo and nw Tanzania | |
| Lesser Sooty Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto multipunctata | AU | se Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia) | |
| Manus Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto manusi | AU | Manus (Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.) | |
| Minahasa Masked Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto inexspectata | AU | n, nc Sulawesi | |
| Moluccan Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto sororcula | AU | c, s Moluccas | |
| Oriental Bay Owl i | Tytonidae | Phodilus badius | OR | se Asia to Borneo and Java | |
| Red Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto soumagnei | AF | nw, e Madagascar | |
| Sri Lanka Bay Owl i | Tytonidae | Phodilus assimilis | OR | Sri Lanka, sw India | |
| Sulawesi Masked Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto rosenbergii | AU | Sulawesi, Sangihe (n of Sulawesi), Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi), Salayar (=Selayar, s of sw Sulawesi) and Butung (=Buton, s of se Sulawesi) | |
| Taliabu Masked Owl (VU) i | Tytonidae | Tyto nigrobrunnea | AU | Taliabu (Sula Is., e of Sulawesi) | |
| Western Barn Owl i | Tytonidae | Tyto alba | AF, PAL | widespread | |
57% 144 species of 255 (5 extinct).
