Owls
196 species of owls around the world, from the Great Horned Owl to the Flores Scops Owl. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mountain Scops OwlOtus spilocephalus
- Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Western Screech OwlMegascops kennicottii
- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Northern Pygmy OwlGlaucidium gnoma
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Northern BoobookNinox japonica
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae
- Australian BoobookNinox boobook
- Collared Scops OwlOtus lettia
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Powerful OwlNinox strenua
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
- Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata
- Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Whiskered Screech OwlMegascops trichopsis
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Austral Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nana
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
- Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii
- Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
- Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus
- Barking OwlNinox connivens
- Mottled Wood OwlStrix ocellata
- Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
- Brown Wood OwlStrix leptogrammica
- Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
- Stygian OwlAsio stygius
- Amazonian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium hardyi
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
- Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
- Black-banded OwlStrix huhula
- Lesser Horned OwlBubo magellanicus
- Buffy Fish OwlKetupa ketupu
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Band-bellied OwlPulsatrix melanota
- Andean Pygmy OwlGlaucidium jardinii
- Colima Pygmy OwlGlaucidium palmarum
- Central American Pygmy OwlGlaucidium griseiceps
- Rufous-banded OwlStrix albitarsis
- Tawny-browed OwlPulsatrix koeniswaldiana
- White-throated Screech OwlMegascops albogularis
- Cloud-forest Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nubicola
- Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlKetupa nipalensis
- Bare-shanked Screech OwlMegascops clarkii
- Dusky Eagle-OwlKetupa coromanda
- East Brazilian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium minutissimum
- Rufescent Screech OwlMegascops ingens
- Madagascar Scops OwlOtus rutilus
- Costa Rican Pygmy OwlGlaucidium costaricanum
- Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo
- Rufous-legged OwlStrix rufipes
- Rusty-barred OwlStrix hylophila
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Rufous OwlNinox rufa
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Black-capped Screech OwlMegascops atricapilla
- Choco Screech OwlMegascops centralis
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii
- Ryukyu Scops OwlOtus elegans
- Fulvous OwlStrix fulvescens
- Yungas Pygmy OwlGlaucidium bolivianum
- Santa Marta Screech OwlMegascops gilesi
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatrana
- Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum
- Chestnut-backed OwletGlaucidium castanotum
- Foothill Screech OwlMegascops roraimae
- Hume's BoobookNinox obscura
- Tawny Fish OwlKetupa flavipes
- Long-tufted Screech OwlMegascops sanctaecatarinae
- Luzon BoobookNinox philippensis
- West Peruvian Screech OwlMegascops roboratus
- Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii
- Moluccan Scops OwlOtus magicus
- Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi
- Papuan BoobookNinox theomacha
- Andaman BoobookNinox affinis
- Sulawesi Scops OwlOtus manadensis
- Philippine Scops OwlOtus megalotis
- Andaman Scops OwlOtus balli
- Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis
- Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescens
- Koepcke's Screech OwlMegascops koepckeae
- Serendib Scops OwlOtus thilohoffmanni
- Everett's Scops OwlOtus everetti
- Cyprus Scops OwlOtus cyprius
- Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis
- Giant Scops OwlOtus gurneyi
- White-fronted Scops OwlOtus sagittatus
- Yungas Screech OwlMegascops hoyi
- Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
- Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae
- Balsas Screech OwlMegascops seductus
- Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryi
- Ochre-bellied BoobookNinox ochracea
- Chocolate BoobookNinox randi
- Sokoke Scops OwlOtus ireneae
- Sunda Scops OwlOtus lempiji
- Cinnamon Screech OwlMegascops petersoni
- Mantanani Scops OwlOtus mantananensis
- Tamaulipas Pygmy OwlGlaucidium sanchezi
- Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques
- Bearded Screech OwlMegascops barbarus
- Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephala
- Speckled BoobookNinox punctulata
- Palawan Scops OwlOtus fuliginosus
- Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis
- Luzon Scops OwlOtus longicornis
- Sjöstedt's Barred OwletGlaucidium sjostedti
- Subtropical Pygmy OwlGlaucidium parkeri
- Cinnabar BoobookNinox ios
- Halmahera BoobookNinox hypogramma
- Seram BoobookNinox squamipila
- Mindanao Scops OwlOtus mirus
- Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicus
- Wallace's Scops OwlOtus silvicola
- Cinereous OwlStrix sartorii
- Cloud-forest Screech OwlMegascops marshalli
- Papuan Hawk-OwlUroglaux dimorpha
- Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
- Negros Scops OwlOtus nigrorum
- Indian Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensis
- Great Sumba BoobookNinox rudolfi
- Biak Scops OwlOtus beccarii
- Sao Tome Scops OwlOtus hartlaubi
- Little Sumba BoobookNinox sumbaensis
- Rajah Scops OwlOtus brookii
- Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyi
- New Britain BoobookNinox odiosa
- Pemba Scops OwlOtus pembaensis
- Tanimbar BoobookNinox forbesi
- Nicobar Scops OwlOtus alius
- Seychelles Scops OwlOtus insularis
- Mindoro BoobookNinox mindorensis
- Rote BoobookNinox rotiensis
- Alor BoobookNinox plesseni
- Camiguin BoobookNinox leventisi
- Mayotte Scops OwlOtus mayottensis
- Mentawai Scops OwlOtus mentawi
- Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotus
- Simeulue Scops OwlOtus umbra
- Sangihe Scops OwlOtus collari
- Socotra Scops OwlOtus socotranus
- Banggai Scops OwlOtus mendeni
- Sandy Scops OwlOtus icterorhynchus
- Sula Scops OwlOtus sulaensis
- Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegila
- Manus BoobookNinox meeki
- Rufous Fishing OwlScotopelia ussheri
- Anjouan Scops OwlOtus capnodes
- New Ireland BoobookNinox variegata
- Guadalcanal OwlAthene granti
- Enggano Scops OwlOtus enganensis
- Moheli Scops OwlOtus moheliensis
- Karthala Scops OwlOtus pauliani
- Mindoro Scops OwlOtus mindorensis
- Togian BoobookNinox burhani
- Maned OwlJubula lettii
- Sulu BoobookNinox reyi
- Rinjani Scops OwlOtus jolandae
- Desert OwlStrix hadorami
- Javan OwletGlaucidium castanopterum
- Albertine OwletGlaucidium albertinum
- Omani OwlStrix butleri
- Flores Scops OwlOtus alfredi
Also in the checklist
These species are recognised in the AviList world checklist and carry no photos or recordings here yet. Help complete the record.
Timor Boobook (Ninox fusca) · Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis) · Buru Boobook (Ninox hantu) · Christmas Boobook (Ninox natalis) · Collared Owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei) · Sunda Owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus) · Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) · White-browed Owl (Athene superciliaris) · West Solomons Owl (Athene jacquinoti) · Malaita Owl (Athene malaitae) · Makira Owl (Athene roseoaxillaris) · Javan Scops Owl (Otus angelinae) · Wetar Scops Owl (Otus tempestatis) · Palau Scops Owl (Otus podarginus) · Fearful Owl (Asio solomonensis) · Striped Owl (Asio clamator) · Jamaican Owl (Asio grammicus) · Arabian Eagle-Owl (Bubo milesi) · Fraser's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa poensis) · Akun Eagle-Owl (Ketupa leucosticta) · Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa lactea) · Shelley's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa shelleyi) · Blakiston's Fish Owl (Ketupa blakistoni) · Philippine Eagle-Owl (Ketupa philippensis) · Puerto Rican Owl (Gymnasio nudipes)