family
Typical Owls
Strigidae
Field notes
The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls and bay owls (Tytonidae). This large family comprises roughly 230 living or recently extinct species in 23 genera. The Strigidae owls have a cosmopolitan distribution and are found on every continent except Antarctica.
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- Screech-Owls 3 native
- Earless Owls 3 native
- Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls 2 native
- Pygmy-Owls and Typical Owlets 2 native
- Forest Owls 2 native
- Eared Owls and Allies 2 native
- Hawk-Owls 1 native
- Little and Burrowing Owls and Allies 1 native
- Psiloscops 1 native
- Elf Owl 1 native
- Lophostrix
- Boobooks and Hawk-Owls
- White-faced Owls
- Spectacled Owls and Allies
- Scops-Owls
- Fish-Owls and Allied Eagle-Owls
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native typical owls All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
92,466 observations
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Barred Owl
Strix varia
81,865 observations
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Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
46,730 observations
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Eastern Screech-Owl
Megascops asio
26,202 observations
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Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
23,798 observations
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Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
17,891 observations
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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
13,892 observations
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Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
12,588 observations
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Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
7,625 observations
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Great Gray Owl
Strix nebulosa
7,461 observations
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
6,910 observations
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Northern Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
4,499 observations
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Northern Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
3,644 observations
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Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
2,115 observations
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Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
1,886 observations