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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate BoobookNinox randi Deignan, 1951 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulu BoobookNinox reyi Oustalet, 1880 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumba BoobookNinox rudolfi A. B. Meyer, 1882 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous BoobookNinox rufa (Gould, 1846) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyi Rasmussen, D. Allen, Collar, Hutchinson, Jakosalem, R. S. Kennedy, Lambert & Paguntalan, 2012 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown BoobookNinox scutulata (Raffles, 1822) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephala Tweeddale, 1879 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotus Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hantu BoobookNinox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Powerful BoobookNinox strenua (Gould, 1838) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jungle BoobookNinox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred BoobookNinox variegata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores Scops OwlOtus alfredi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1897) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nicobar Scops OwlOtus alius Rasmussen, 1998 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman Scops OwlOtus balli (Hume, 1873) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak Scops OwlOtus beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegila Melo, Freitas, Verbelen, da Costa, Pereira, Fuchs, Sangster, Correia, de Lima & Crottini, 2022 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rajah Scops OwlOtus brookii (Sharpe, 1892) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei (Hume, 1872) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anjouan Scops OwlOtus capnodes (J. H. Gurney Sr, 1889) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sangihe Scops OwlOtus collari Lambert & Rasmussen, 1998 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cyprus Scops OwlOtus cyprius (Madarász, 1901) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant Scops OwlOtus elegans (Cassin, 1852) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enggano Scops OwlOtus enganensis Riley, 1927 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Everett's Scops OwlOtus everetti (Tweeddale, 1879) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Scops OwlOtus fuliginosus (Sharpe, 1888) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reunion OwlOtus grucheti (Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Moutou & Ribes, 1994) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Giant Scops OwlOtus gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sao Tome Scops OwlOtus hartlaubi (Giebel, 1872) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandy Scops OwlOtus icterorhynchus (Shelley, 1873) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seychelles OwlOtus insularis (Tristram, 1880) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Morden's OwletOtus ireneae Ripley, 1966 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rinjani Scops OwlOtus jolandae Sangster, B. F. King, Verbelen & Trainor, 2013 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda Scops OwlOtus lempiji (Horsfield, 1821) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared Scops OwlOtus lettia (Hodgson, 1836) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luzon Scops OwlOtus longicornis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Torotoroka Scops OwlOtus madagascariensis (A. Grandidier, 1867) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan Scops OwlOtus magicus (S. Müller, 1841) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Scops OwlOtus manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantanani Scops OwlOtus mantananensis (Sharpe, 1892) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mayotte Scops OwlOtus mayottensis Benson, 1960 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luzon Lowand Scops OwlOtus megalotis (Walden, 1875) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banggai Scops OwlOtus mendeni Neumann, 1939 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentawai Scops OwlOtus mentawi Chasen & Kloss, 1926 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindoro Scops OwlOtus mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1899) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao Scops OwlOtus mirus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moheli Scops OwlOtus moheliensis Lafontaine & Moulaert, 1998 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Negros Scops OwlOtus nigrorum Rand, 1950 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae G. L. Bates, 1937 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.