THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Strigidae · Clear filter
196 records · page 1 of 4
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boreal OwlAegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bermuda Saw-whet OwlAegolius gradyi Olson, 2012 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marsh OwlAsio capensis (A. Smith, 1834) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped OwlAsio clamator (Vieillot, 1808) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican OwlAsio grammicus (Gosse, 1847) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis (A. Smith, 1834) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-eared OwlAsio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fearful OwlAsio solomonensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1901) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stygian OwlAsio stygius (Wagler, 1832) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest OwletAthene blewitti (Hume, 1873) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted OwletAthene brama (Temminck, 1821) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guadalcanal OwlAthene granti (Sharpe, 1888) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West Solomons OwlAthene jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaita OwlAthene malaitae (Mayr, 1931) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little OwlAthene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed OwlAthene superciliaris (Vieillot, 1817) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert Eagle OwlBubo ascalaphus Savigny, 1809 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensis (Franklin, 1831) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens Guérin-Méneville, 1843 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Albertine OwletGlaucidium albertinum Prigogine, 1983 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yungas Pygmy OwlGlaucidium bolivianum C. König, 1991 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Pygmy OwlGlaucidium californicum P. L. Sclater, 1857 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense (A. Smith, 1834) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan OwletGlaucidium castanopterum (Horsfield, 1821) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-backed OwletGlaucidium castanotum (Blyth, 1851) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guatemalan Pygmy OwlGlaucidium cobanense Sharpe, 1875 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Costa Rican Pygmy OwlGlaucidium costaricanum L. Kelso, 1937 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Pygmy OwlGlaucidium gnoma Wagler, 1832 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central American Pygmy OwlGlaucidium griseiceps Sharpe, 1875 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium hardyi Vielliard, 1989 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baja Pygmy OwlGlaucidium hoskinsii Brewster, 1888 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Pygmy OwlGlaucidium jardinii (Bonaparte, 1855) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East Brazilian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium minutissimum (Wied-Neuwied, 1830) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pernambuco Pygmy OwlGlaucidium mooreorum Cardoso da Silva, Coelho & Gonzaga, 2003 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Austral Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nana (P. P. King, 1827) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cloud-forest Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nubicola Robbins & Stiles, 1999 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colima Pygmy OwlGlaucidium palmarum Nelson, 1901 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Subtropical Pygmy OwlGlaucidium parkeri Robbins & S. N. G. Howell, 1995 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum (Vieillot, 1817) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
196 records · page 1 of 4
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.