Typical owl

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Typical owls
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Great Horned Owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Strigidae
Vigors, 1825
Genera

Aegolius: saw-whet owls
Asio: eared owls
Athene
Bubo: horned owls
Ciccaba
Glaucidium: pygmy owls
Jubula
Ketupa
Lophostrix
Micrathene: elf owls
Mimizuku
Nesasio
Ninox
Otus: scops owls
Pseudoscops
Pulsatrix
Pyrroglaux: palau owls
Sceloglaux
Scotopelia
Speotyto
Strix: earless owls
Surnia: hawk owls
Uroglaux
Xenoglaux

Typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls.

The nearly 200 species are:

See horned owl for more on the following horned and eagle owls.

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Tawny Owl

External links

ITIS - Strigidae Taxonomy



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