IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER STRIGIFORMES
  
Barn Owls (18)
Family Tytonidae
  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa ENG, TAX (1)
Minahassa Masked Owl Tyto inexspectata  
Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea  
Moluccan Masked Owl Tyto sororcula  
Manus Masked Owl Tyto manusi  
Golden Masked Owl Tyto aurantia  
Australian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae  
Sulawesi Masked Owl Tyto rosenbergii  
Red Owl Tyto soumagnei  
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba ENG (2)
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto delicatula AS (3)
Andaman Masked Owl Tyto deroepstorffi AS (4)
Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops  
African Grass Owl Tyto capensis  
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris AS (5)
Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoginei  
Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius  
Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis AS (6)
     
Owls (202)
Family Strigidae
  
White-fronted Scops Owl Otus sagittatus  
Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens  
Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni  
Sandy Scops Owl Otus icterorhynchus  
Sokoke Scops Owl Otus ireneae  
Andaman Scops Owl Otus balli  
Flores Scops Owl Otus alfredi  
Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus  
Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii  
Javan Scops Owl Otus angelinae  
Mentawai Scops Owl Otus mentawi  
Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena ENG (7)
Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia AS (8)
Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques AS (9)
Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji AS (10)
Palawan Scops Owl Otus fuliginosus  
Philippine Scops Owl Otus megalotis  
Wallace's Scops Owl Otus silvicola  
Mindanao Scops Owl Otus mirus  
Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis  
Mindoro Scops Owl Otus mindorensis  
Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei  
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis  
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops  
Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia  
Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus  
Sula Scops Owl Otus sulaensis  
Siau Scops Owl Otus siaoensis  
Mantanani Scops Owl Otus mantananensis  
Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans  
Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis  
Sangihe Scops Owl Otus collari  
Biak Scops Owl Otus beccarii  
Seychelles Scops Owl Otus insularis  
Simeulue Scops Owl Otus umbra TAX (11)
Enggano Scops Owl Otus enganensis  
Nicobar Scops Owl Otus alius  
Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembaensis  
Karthala Scops Owl Otus pauliani  
Anjouan Scops Owl Otus capnodes AS (12)
Moheli Scops Owl Otus moheliensis  
Mayotte Scops Owl Otus mayottensis  
Torotoroka Scops Owl Otus madagascariensis  
Rainforest Scops Owl Otus rutilus  
Sao Tome Scops Owl Otus hartlaubi  
Flammulated Owl Megascops flammeolus  
Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio  
Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii  
Balsas Screech Owl Megascops seductus  
Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi  
Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis  
Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba  
West Peruvian Screech Owl Megascops roboratus  
Koepcke's Screech Owl Megascops koepckeae  
Bare-shanked Screech Owl Megascops clarkii  
Bearded Screech Owl Megascops barbarus  
Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens  
Colombian Screech Owl Megascops colombianus PL (13)
Cinnamon Screech Owl Megascops petersoni  
Cloud-forest Screech Owl Megascops marshalli  
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl Megascops watsonii  
Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae ENG (14)
Vermiculated Screech Owl Megascops vermiculatus AS (15)
Roraiman Screech Owl Megascops roraimae AS (16)
Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis AS (17)
Napo Screech Owl Megascops napensis AS (18)
Yungas Screech Owl Megascops hoyi ENG (19)
Black-capped Screech Owl Megascops atricapilla  
Long-tufted Screech Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae  
Puerto Rican Screech Owl Megascops nudipes  
White-throated Screech Owl Megascops albogularis  
Palau Owl Pyrroglaux podargina  
Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii  
Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis  
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti  
Giant Scops Owl Mimizuku gurneyi  
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus  
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus  
Lesser Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus AS (20)
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo  
Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis AS (21)
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus  
Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis  
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus  
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens  
Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis  
Usambara Eagle-Owl Bubo vosseleri  
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis  
Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus  
Shelley's Eagle-Owl Bubo shelleyi  
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus  
Dusky Eagle-Owl Bubo coromandus  
Akun Eagle-Owl Bubo leucostictus  
Philippine Eagle-Owl Bubo philippensis  
Blakiston's Fish Owl Bubo blakistoni  
Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis  
Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes  
Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu  
Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli  
Rufous Fishing Owl Scotopelia ussheri  
Vermiculated Fishing Owl Scotopelia bouvieri  
Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo  
Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata  
Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica  
Tawny Owl Strix aluco  
Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum AS (22)
Hume's Owl Strix butleri  
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis  
Barred Owl Strix varia  
Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens  
Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila  
Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis  
Rufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes  
Ural Owl Strix uralensis  
Pere David's Owl Strix davidi  
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa  
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii  
Mottled Owl Strix virgata  
Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis  
Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata  
Black-banded Owl Strix huhula  
Maned Owl Jubula lettii  
Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata  
Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata TAX (23)
Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana  
Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota  
Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula  
Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum  
Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei  
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum  
Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium californicum  
Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma AS (24)
Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum  
Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii  
Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola  
Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum  
Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum  
Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium sanchezi  
Pernambuco Pygmy Owl Glaucidium mooreorum  
Central American Pygmy Owl Glaucidium griseiceps  
Subtropical Pygmy Owl Glaucidium parkeri  
Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi  
East Brazilian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium minutissimum  
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum TAX (25)
Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum  
Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana  
Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju  
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum  
Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti  
Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides  
Javan Owlet Glaucidium castanopterum  
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum  
Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanonotum  
African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense  
Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum AS (26)
Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi  
Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi  
Little Owl Athene noctua  
Spotted Owlet Athene brama  
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia  
Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti  
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus  
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus  
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi  
Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii  
Rufous Boobook Ninox rufa  
Togian Boobook Ninox burhani  
Powerful Boobook Ninox strenua  
Barking Boobook Ninox connivens  
Sumba Boobook Ninox rudolfi  
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook TAX (27)
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae ENG (28)
Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata  
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica AS (29)
Chocolate Boobook Ninox randi AS (30)
Hume's Hawk-Owl Ninox obscura AS (31)
Andaman Hawk-Owl Ninox affinis  
White-browed Hawk-Owl Ninox superciliaris  
Philippine Hawk-Owl Ninox philippensis  
Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea  
Cinnabar Boobook Ninox ios  
Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila ENG (32)
Halmahera Boobook Ninox hypogramma AS (33)
Tanimbar Boobook Ninox forbesi AS (34)
Christmas Boobook Ninox natalis  
Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha ENG (35)
Manus Boobook Ninox meeki  
Speckled Boobook Ninox punctulata  
New Ireland Boobook Ninox variegata ENG (36)
New Britain Boobook Ninox odiosa ENG (37)
Solomons Boobook Ninox jacquinoti  
Little Sumba Hawk-Owl Ninox sumbaensis  
Papuan Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha  
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus  
Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator  
Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis  
Stygian Owl Asio stygius  
Long-eared Owl Asio otus  
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus  
Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis  
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  
Marsh Owl Asio capensis  

Footnotes:

  1. CHANGE: English name of Tyto tenebricosa to Sooty Owl with lump of Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata, which is best treated as conspecific with T. tenebricosa (Christidis & Boles 2008)
  2. CHANGE: English name of Tyto alba, including javanica, to Western Barn Owl with split of Tyto delicatula; split of American Barn Owl furcata fromalba under consideration
  3. Tyto delicatula is split from T. alba (Wink et al. 2004b, Christidis & Boles 2008)
  4. Tyto deroepstorffi is split from Tyto alba (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
  5. Tyto longimembris is split from T.capensis (König et al. 1999);recognized by BLI
  6. Phodilus assimilis is split from Phodilus badius (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
  7. CHANGE: English name of Otus bakkamoena from Collared Scops Owl (now O. lettia) to Indian Scops Owl, with split of multiple species.
  8. Otus lettia is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Followed in Clements 2007).
  9. Otus semitorques is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999. Followed in Clements 2007).
  10. Otus lempiji is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999, Followed in Clements 2007)
  11. Otus umbra includes O.enganensis following Dickinson (2003); no satisfactory evidence supports split
  12. Otus capnodes omitted from IOC list (1.0)
  13. Megascops colombianus is probably conspecific with M. ingens (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); H&M, BLI, and SACC recognize but call for reevaluation
  14. CHANGE: English name of Megascops guatemalae to Middle American Screech Owl to follow AOU/NACC and to enable split of M.vermiculatus; Range to MA countries only
  15. Megascops vermiculatus is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); SACC awaits proposal
  16. Megascops roraimae is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); SACC awaits proposal
  17. Megascops centralis is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); SACC awaits proposal
  18. Megascops napensis is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); SACC awaits proposal
  19. English name of Megascops hoyi unsettled, possibly Montane Forest Screech Owl or Hoy's Screech Owl (SACC)
  20. Bubo magellanicus is split from B. virginianus (König et al.1999, Jaramillo 2003); SACC awaits analysis and proposal
  21. Bubo bengalensis is split from B. bubo (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005); BLI recognizes. English name follows Rasmussen and Anderton (2005)
  22. Strix nivicola is split from S. aluco (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
  23. Pulsatrix perspicillata includes subspecies magellanicus and pulsatrix, which NACC and SACC respectively declined to recognize
  24. Split of Glaucidium gnoma and G.californicum (Howell and Webb 1995, König et al. 1999, BLI, but not AOU 2009)
  25. Glaucidium brasilianum includes subspecies tucumanum, which may deserve recognition; SACC needs proposal to elevate
  26. Glaucidium albertinum is split from G.capense (König et al. 1999); BLI recognizes
  27. STET: Contrary to Version 1.6, Ninox boobook is not conspecific with N. novaeseelandiae as suggested by Christidis and Boles (2008)(R.Schodde in litt.)
  28. CHANGE: Revert to Version 1.5, retaining Morepork for English name of Ninox novaeseelandiae
  29. Ninox japonica, including florensis and totogo is split from N.scutulata (King 2002)
  30. Ninox randi is split from N.scutulata (King 2002)
  31. Ninox obscura is split from N. scutulata (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
  32. CHANGE: English name of Ninox squamipila from Moluccan Boobook to Hantu Boobook with split of N. hypogramma and N. forbesi
  33. Ninox hypogramma is split from N. squamipila (Norman et al. 1998, Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007)
  34. Ninox forbesi is split from N. squamipila (Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007)
  35. CHANGE: English name of Ninox theomacha to Papuan Boobook (Gregory 2009)
  36. CHANGE: English name of Ninox variegata to New Ireland Boobook (Gregory 2009)
  37. CHANGE: English name of Ninox odiosa to New Britain Boobook (Gregory 2009)