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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

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

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