Bird group

Owls

243 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Abyssinian Owl
Asio abyssinicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Abyssinian Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

African Barred Owlet
Glaucidium capense
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The African Barred Owlet is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

African Grass-Owl
Tyto capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The African Grass-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

African Scops-Owl
Otus senegalensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The African Scops-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

African Wood-Owl
Strix woodfordii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The African Wood-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Akun Eagle-Owl
Ketupa leucosticta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Akun Eagle-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Albertine Owlet
Glaucidium albertinum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Albertine Owlet is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Alor Boobook
Ninox plesseni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Alor Boobook is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Amazonian Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium hardyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Amazonian Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The American Barn Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Andaman Boobook
Ninox affinis
Least Concern≈ 50K–500K

The Andaman Boobook is an owl of the Andaman Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Andaman Masked-Owl
Tyto deroepstorffi
Least Concern≈ 50K–500K

The Andaman Masked-Owl is an owl of the Andaman Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Andaman Scops-Owl
Otus balli
Least Concern≈ 50K–500K

The Andaman Scops-Owl is an owl of the Andaman Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Andean Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium jardinii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Andean Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Anjouan Scops-Owl
Otus capnodes
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Anjouan Scops-Owl is an owl of the Comoros. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Arabian Eagle-Owl
Bubo milesi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Arabian Eagle-Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Arabian Scops-Owl
Otus pamelae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Arabian Scops-Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Ashy-faced Owl
Tyto glaucops
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ashy-faced Owl is an owl of the Greater Antilles. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Asian Barred Owlet is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Austral Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium nana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Austral Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Australasian Grass-Owl
Tyto longimembris
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Australasian Grass-Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight,…

Australian Boobook
Ninox boobook
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Australian Boobook is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight,…

Australian Masked-Owl
Tyto novaehollandiae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Australian Masked-Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight,…

Balsas Screech-Owl
Megascops seductus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Balsas Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Band-bellied Owl
Pulsatrix melanota
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Band-bellied Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Banggai Scops-Owl
Otus mendeni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Banggai Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Bare-legged Owl
Margarobyas lawrencii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bare-legged Owl is an owl of the Greater Antilles. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Megascops clarkii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bare-shanked Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Barking Owl
Ninox connivens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Barking Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Barred Eagle-Owl
Ketupa sumatrana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Barred Eagle-Owl is an owl of Sumatra and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Barred Owl
Strix varia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Barred Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Bearded Screech-Owl
Megascops barbarus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bearded Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Biak Scops-Owl
Otus beccarii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Biak Scops-Owl is an owl of Biak and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Bismarck Boobook
Ninox variegata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bismarck Boobook is an owl of the Bismarck Archipelago. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Black-and-white Owl
Strix nigrolineata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-and-white Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Black-banded Owl
Strix huhula
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-banded Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Black-capped Screech-Owl
Megascops atricapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-capped Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Blakiston's Fish-Owl
Ketupa blakistoni
Endangered≈ 1K-2.5K

The Blakiston's Fish-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
Least Concern≈ 730K–1.8M

The Boreal Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Brown Boobook is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Brown Fish-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Brown Fish-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Brown Wood-Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Brown Wood-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Buff-fronted Owl
Aegolius harrisii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Buff-fronted Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Buffy Fish-Owl
Ketupa ketupu
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Buffy Fish-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Burrowing Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Buru Boobook
Ninox hantu
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Buru Boobook is an owl of the Moluccan islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Camiguin Boobook
Ninox leventisi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Camiguin Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Cape Eagle-Owl
Bubo capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cape Eagle-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Cebu Boobook
Ninox rumseyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cebu Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Central American Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium griseiceps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Central American Pygmy-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Chaco Owl
Strix chacoensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chaco Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent…

Chestnut-backed Owlet
Glaucidium castanotum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-backed Owlet is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Choco Screech-Owl
Megascops centralis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Choco Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Chocolate Boobook
Ninox randi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chocolate Boobook is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Christmas Island Boobook
Ninox natalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Christmas Island Boobook is an owl of Christmas Island. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Cinereous Owl
Strix sartorii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinereous Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Cinnabar Boobook
Ninox ios
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinnabar Boobook is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Cinnamon Screech-Owl
Megascops petersoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinnamon Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium nubicola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

Cloud-forest Screech-Owl
Megascops marshalli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cloud-forest Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Colima Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium palmarum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Colima Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Collared Owlet
Taenioptynx brodiei
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Collared Owlet is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Collared Scops-Owl
Otus lettia
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Collared Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Comoro Scops-Owl
Otus pauliani
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Comoro Scops-Owl is an owl of the Comoros. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium costaricanum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Crested Owl
Lophostrix cristata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crested Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Cuban Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium siju
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cuban Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Cuba. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Cyprus Scops-Owl
Otus cyprius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cyprus Scops-Owl is an owl of Cyprus and nearby eastern Mediterranean habitats. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight,…

Desert Owl
Strix hadorami
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Desert Owl is an owl of North African, Arabian, and Middle Eastern deserts and semi-deserts. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Dusky Eagle-Owl
Ketupa coromanda
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Dusky Eagle-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Eastern Barn Owl
Tyto javanica
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Eastern Barn Owl is an owl of Java and nearby forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Eastern Screech-Owl
Megascops asio
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eastern Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Elf Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Enggano Scops-Owl
Otus enganensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Enggano Scops-Owl is an owl of Sumatra and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eurasian Eagle-Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium passerinum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eurasian Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Eurasian Scops-Owl
Otus scops
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Eurasian Scops-Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Everett's Scops-Owl
Otus everetti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Everett's Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Fearful Owl
Asio solomonensis
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Fearful Owl is an owl of the Solomon Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Flammulated Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Flores Scops-Owl
Otus alfredi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Flores Scops-Owl is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Foothill Screech-Owl
Megascops roraimae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Foothill Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Forest Owlet
Athene blewitti
Endangered≈ 250-1K

The Forest Owlet is an owl of central Indian dry deciduous forest fragments. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Fraser's Eagle-Owl
Ketupa poensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fraser's Eagle-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Fulvous Owl
Strix fulvescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fulvous Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Giant Scops-Owl
Otus gurneyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Giant Scops-Owl is an owl of Sundaland forests, mangroves, and lowlands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Golden Masked-Owl
Tyto aurantia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden Masked-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Grayish Eagle-Owl
Bubo cinerascens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Grayish Eagle-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Great Gray Owl
Strix nebulosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Great Gray Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Great Horned Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Guadalcanal Owl
Athene granti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Guadalcanal Owl is an owl of the Solomon Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Halmahera Boobook
Ninox hypogramma
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Halmahera Boobook is an owl of the Moluccan islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Himalayan Owl
Strix nivicolum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Himalayan Owl is an owl of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Hume's Boobook
Ninox obscura
Least Concern≈ 50K–500K

The Hume's Boobook is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Indian Scops-Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Indian Scops-Owl is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Itombwe Owl
Tyto prigoginei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Itombwe Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Jamaican Owl
Asio grammicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jamaican Owl is an owl of Jamaica. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Japanese Scops-Owl
Otus semitorques
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Japanese Scops-Owl is an owl of Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Javan Owlet
Glaucidium castanopterum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Javan Owlet is an owl of Java and nearby forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Javan Scops-Owl
Otus angelinae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Javan Scops-Owl is an owl of Java and nearby forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Jungle Owlet is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Koepcke's Screech-Owl
Megascops koepckeae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Koepcke's Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Least Boobook
Ninox sumbaensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Least Boobook is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Least Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium minutissimum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Least Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Lesser Horned Owl
Bubo magellanicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lesser Horned Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Lesser Masked-Owl
Tyto sororcula
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lesser Masked-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Little Owl
Athene noctua
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Little Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-eared Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Long-tufted Screech-Owl
Megascops sanctaecatarinae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-tufted Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Long-whiskered Owlet
Xenoglaux loweryi
Endangered≈ 250-1K

The Long-whiskered Owlet is an owl of cloud forest of northern Peru. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Luzon Boobook
Ninox philippensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Luzon Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Luzon Scops-Owl
Otus longicornis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Luzon Scops-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Madagascar Owl
Asio madagascariensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Madagascar Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Madagascar Scops-Owl
Otus rutilus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Madagascar Scops-Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Makira Owl
Athene roseoaxillaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Makira Owl is an owl of the Solomon Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Malaita Owl
Athene malaitae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malaita Owl is an owl of the Solomon Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Maned Owl
Jubula lettii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Maned Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Mantanani Scops-Owl
Otus mantananensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mantanani Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Manus Boobook
Ninox meeki
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Manus Boobook is an owl of Manus and the Admiralty Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Manus Masked-Owl
Tyto manusi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Manus Masked-Owl is an owl of Manus and the Admiralty Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Marsh Owl
Asio capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Marsh Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Mayotte Scops-Owl
Otus mayottensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mayotte Scops-Owl is an owl of Mayotte. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Mentawai Scops-Owl
Otus mentawi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mentawai Scops-Owl is an owl of Sumatra and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Middle American Screech-Owl
Megascops guatemalae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Middle American Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Minahasa Masked-Owl
Tyto inexspectata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Minahasa Masked-Owl is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Mindanao Boobook
Ninox spilocephala
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mindanao Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Mindanao Scops-Owl
Otus mirus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mindanao Scops-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Mindoro Boobook
Ninox mindorensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mindoro Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Mindoro Scops-Owl
Otus mindorensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mindoro Scops-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Moheli Scops-Owl
Otus moheliensis
Endangered≈ 250-1K

The Moheli Scops-Owl is an owl of Moheli in the Comoros. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Moluccan Scops-Owl is an owl of the Moluccan islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Montane Forest Screech-Owl
Megascops hoyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Montane Forest Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Morepork is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Mottled Owl
Strix virgata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mottled Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Mottled Wood-Owl
Strix ocellata
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Mottled Wood-Owl is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Mountain Scops-Owl
Otus spilocephalus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Mountain Scops-Owl is an owl of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight,…

Negros Scops-Owl
Otus nigrorum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Negros Scops-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

New Britain Boobook
Ninox odiosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The New Britain Boobook is an owl of the Bismarck Archipelago. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Nicobar Scops-Owl
Otus alius
Near Threatened≈ 2.5K-10K

The Nicobar Scops-Owl is an owl of the Nicobar Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Northern Boobook
Ninox japonica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Boobook is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Northern Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Hawk Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Northern Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Pygmy-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Saw-whet Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Northern White-faced Owl
Ptilopsis leucotis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern White-faced Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

Ochre-bellied Boobook
Ninox ochracea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ochre-bellied Boobook is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Omani Owl
Strix butleri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Omani Owl is an owl of North African, Arabian, and Middle Eastern deserts and semi-deserts. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Oriental Bay-Owl
Phodilus badius
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Oriental Bay-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Oriental Scops-Owl
Otus sunia
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Oriental Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Pacific Screech-Owl
Megascops cooperi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pacific Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Palau Scops-Owl
Otus podarginus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Palau Scops-Owl is an owl of Palau. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Palawan Scops-Owl
Otus fuliginosus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Palawan Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Pallid Scops-Owl
Otus brucei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pallid Scops-Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Papuan Boobook
Ninox theomacha
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Papuan Boobook is an owl of New Guinea and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Papuan Owl
Uroglaux dimorpha
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Papuan Owl is an owl of New Guinea and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Pearl-spotted Owlet
Glaucidium perlatum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pearl-spotted Owlet is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Pel's Fishing-Owl
Scotopelia peli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pel's Fishing-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Pemba Scops-Owl
Otus pembaensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pemba Scops-Owl is an owl of Pemba Island. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium mooreorum
Critically Endangered≈ Unknown

The Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl is an owl of northeastern Brazil's Pernambuco forest region. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent…

Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium peruanum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Peruvian Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Peruvian Screech-Owl
Megascops roboratus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Peruvian Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Bubo ascalaphus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pharaoh Eagle-Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Philippine Eagle-Owl
Ketupa philippensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philippine Eagle-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Philippine Scops-Owl
Otus megalotis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philippine Scops-Owl is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Powerful Owl
Ninox strenua
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Powerful Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Principe Scops-Owl
Otus bikegila
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Principe Scops-Owl is an owl of Sao Tome and Principe. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Puerto Rican Owl
Gymnasio nudipes
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Puerto Rican Owl is an owl of Puerto Rico. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Rajah Scops-Owl
Otus brookii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rajah Scops-Owl is an owl of Borneo and nearby forests. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Red Owl
Tyto soumagnei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Red-chested Owlet
Glaucidium tephronotum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-chested Owlet is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Reddish Scops-Owl
Otus rufescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Reddish Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Rinjani Scops-Owl
Otus jolandae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rinjani Scops-Owl is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Rock Eagle-Owl
Bubo bengalensis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Rock Eagle-Owl is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Romblon Boobook
Ninox spilonotus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Romblon Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Rote Boobook
Ninox rotiensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rote Boobook is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Rufescent Screech-Owl
Megascops ingens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufescent Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Rufous Fishing-Owl
Scotopelia ussheri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous Fishing-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Rufous Owl
Ninox rufa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Rufous-banded Owl
Strix albitarsis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-banded Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Rufous-legged Owl
Strix rufipes
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-legged Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Rusty-barred Owl
Strix hylophila
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rusty-barred Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Ryukyu Scops-Owl
Otus elegans
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ryukyu Scops-Owl is an owl of Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Sandy Scops-Owl
Otus icterorhynchus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sandy Scops-Owl is an owl of North African, Arabian, and Middle Eastern deserts and semi-deserts. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Sangihe Scops-Owl
Otus collari
Endangered≈ 250-1K

The Sangihe Scops-Owl is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Santa Marta Screech-Owl
Megascops gilesi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Santa Marta Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Sao Tome Scops-Owl
Otus hartlaubi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sao Tome Scops-Owl is an owl of Sao Tome and Principe. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Seram Boobook
Ninox squamipila
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Seram Boobook is an owl of the Moluccan islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Seram Masked-Owl
Tyto almae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Seram Masked-Owl is an owl of the Moluccan islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Serendib Scops-Owl
Otus thilohoffmanni
Endangered≈ 250-1K

The Serendib Scops-Owl is an owl of Sri Lanka. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis
Vulnerable≈ 250-1K

The Seychelles Scops-Owl is an owl of the Seychelles. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Shelley's Eagle-Owl
Ketupa shelleyi
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Shelley's Eagle-Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Least Concern≈ 1.2M–2.1M

The Short-eared Owl is an owl of Madagascar. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Siau Scops-Owl
Otus siaoensis
Critically Endangered≈ 50-250

The Siau Scops-Owl is an owl of Siau Island in northern Indonesia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Simeulue Scops-Owl
Otus umbra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Simeulue Scops-Owl is an owl of Sumatra and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Sjöstedt's Owlet
Glaucidium sjostedti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sjöstedt's Owlet is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Snowy Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Socotra Scops-Owl
Otus socotranus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Socotra Scops-Owl is an owl of Socotra. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Sokoke Scops-Owl
Otus ireneae
Vulnerable≈ 2.5K-10K

The Sokoke Scops-Owl is an owl of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Sooty Owl
Tyto tenebricosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sooty Owl is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Southern White-faced Owl
Ptilopsis granti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Southern White-faced Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

Speckled Boobook
Ninox punctulata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Speckled Boobook is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spectacled Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

Spotted Eagle-Owl
Bubo africanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spotted Eagle-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spotted Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch…

Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Spotted Owlet is an owl of the Indian subcontinent. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Spotted Wood-Owl
Strix seloputo
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spotted Wood-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Phodilus assimilis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Sri Lanka Bay-Owl is an owl of Sri Lanka. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to…

Striped Owl
Asio clamator
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Striped Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Stygian Owl
Asio stygius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Stygian Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at…

Subtropical Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium parkeri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Subtropical Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Sula Scops-Owl
Otus sulaensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sula Scops-Owl is an owl of the Sula Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Sulawesi Masked-Owl
Tyto rosenbergii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulawesi Masked-Owl is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Sulawesi Scops-Owl
Otus manadensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulawesi Scops-Owl is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Sulu Boobook
Ninox reyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulu Boobook is an owl of the Philippine islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Sumba Boobook
Ninox rudolfi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sumba Boobook is an owl of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Sunda Owlet
Taenioptynx sylvaticus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sunda Owlet is an owl of Sundaland forests, mangroves, and lowlands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Sunda Scops-Owl
Otus lempiji
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sunda Scops-Owl is an owl of Sundaland forests, mangroves, and lowlands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Taliabu Masked-Owl
Tyto nigrobrunnea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Taliabu Masked-Owl is an owl of Taliabu in the Sula Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium sanchezi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Tanimbar Boobook
Ninox forbesi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tanimbar Boobook is an owl of the Tanimbar Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Tasmanian Boobook
Ninox leucopsis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tasmanian Boobook is an owl of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Tawny Fish-Owl
Ketupa flavipes
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Tawny Fish-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly…

Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Tawny Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
Megascops watsonii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Tawny-browed Owl
Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tawny-browed Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

Timor Boobook
Ninox fusca
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Timor Boobook is an owl of Timor and nearby Lesser Sunda islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Togian Boobook
Ninox burhani
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Togian Boobook is an owl of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and…

Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tropical Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius ridgwayi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Unspotted Saw-whet Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Ural Owl
Strix uralensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ural Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons,…

Vermiculated Fishing-Owl
Scotopelia bouvieri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Vermiculated Fishing-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Ketupa lactea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Verreaux's Eagle-Owl is an owl of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night,…

Wallace's Scops-Owl
Otus silvicola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wallace's Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

West Solomons Owl
Athene jacquinoti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The West Solomons Owl is an owl of the Solomon Islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Barn Owl is an owl of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing…

Wetar Scops-Owl
Otus tempestatis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wetar Scops-Owl is an owl of Wetar and nearby Lesser Sunda islands. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong…

Whiskered Screech-Owl
Megascops trichopsis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Whiskered Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

White-browed Owl
Athene superciliaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-browed Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts…

White-fronted Scops-Owl
Otus sagittatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-fronted Scops-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It…

White-throated Screech-Owl
Megascops albogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-throated Screech-Owl is an owl of the Americas. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp…

Yungas Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium bolivianum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yungas Pygmy-Owl is an owl of Central and South American forests, mountains, and open country. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using…