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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Comoro Scops OwlOtus pauliani Benson, 1960 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pemba Scops OwlOtus pembaensis Pakenham, 1937 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescens (Horsfield, 1821) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Scops OwlOtus sagittatus (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritius OwlOtus sauzieri (E. Newton & Gadow, 1893) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siau Scops OwlOtus siaoensis (Schlegel, 1873) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wallace's Scops OwlOtus silvicola (Wallace, 1864) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socotra Scops OwlOtus socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant & H. O. Forbes, 1899) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Scops OwlOtus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sula Scops OwlOtus sulaensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1898) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia (Hodgson, 1836) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Simeulue Scops OwlOtus umbra (Richmond, 1903) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus (Kaup, 1852) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti (Kollibay, 1910) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis (Temminck, 1820) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-browed OwlPulsatrix koeniswaldiana (M. S. Bertoni & A. W. Bertoni, 1901) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-bellied OwlPulsatrix melanota (Tschudi, 1844) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri Sharpe, 1875 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli Bonaparte, 1850 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous Fishing OwlScotopelia ussheri Sharpe, 1871 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-banded OwlStrix albitarsis (Bonaparte, 1850) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny OwlStrix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hume's OwlStrix butleri (Hume, 1878) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fulvous OwlStrix fulvescens (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-banded OwlStrix huhula Daudin, 1800 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-barred OwlStrix hylophila Temminck, 1825 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maghreb OwlStrix mauritanica (Witherby, 1905) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata (P. L. Sclater, 1859) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum (Blyth, 1845) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled Wood OwlStrix ocellata (R. P. Lesson, 1839) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-legged OwlStrix rufipes P. P. King, 1827 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinereous OwlStrix sartorii (Ridgway, 1874) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo Horsfield, 1821 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ural OwlStrix uralensis Pallas, 1771 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred OwlStrix varia Barton, 1799 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled OwlStrix virgata (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii (A. Smith, 1834) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hawk OwlSurnia ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared OwletTaenioptynx brodiei (Burton, 1836) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan BoobookUroglaux dimorpha (Salvadori, 1874) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryi O'Neill & G. R. Graves, 1977 | 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.