List of owl species

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 250 species of owl which are distributed among 26 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phidilus, the barn owls, are in family Tytonidae. The other 230 species are in family Strigidae, the "typical owls". Five species on the list are extinct; they are marked (X). For a partial list with additional information, see the article "List of Strigiformes by population".

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Greater sooty owl	Tyto tenebricosa	1
Lesser sooty owl	Tyto multipunctata	2
Minahassa masked owl	Tyto inexspectata	3
Taliabu masked owl	Tyto nigrobrunnea	4
Moluccan masked owl	Tyto sororcula	5
Manus masked owl	Tyto manusi	6
Golden masked owl	Tyto aurantia	7
Australian masked owl	Tyto novaehollandiae	8
Sulawesi masked owl	Tyto rosenbergii	9
Red owl	Tyto soumagnei	10
Western barn owl	Tyto alba	11
American barn owl	Tyto furcata	12
Eastern barn owl	Tyto javanica	13
Andaman masked owl	Tyto deroepstorffi	14
Ashy-faced owl	Tyto glaucops	15
African grass owl	Tyto capensis	16
Eastern grass owl	Tyto longimembris	17
Congo bay owl	Phodilus prigoginei	18
Oriental bay owl	Phodilus badius	19
Sri Lanka bay owl	Phodilus assimilis	20
Giant scops owl	Otus gurneyi	21
White-fronted scops owl	Otus sagittatus	22
Reddish scops owl	Otus rufescens	23
Serendib scops owl	Otus thilohoffmanni	24
Sandy scops owl	Otus icterorhynchus	25
Sokoke scops owl	Otus ireneae	26
Andaman scops owl	Otus balli	27
Flores scops owl	Otus alfredi	28
Mountain scops owl	Otus spilocephalus	29
Rajah scops owl	Otus brookii	30
Javan scops owl	Otus angelinae	31
Mentawai scops owl	Otus mentawi	32
Indian scops owl	Otus bakkamoena	33
Collared scops owl	Otus lettia	34
Japanese scops owl	Otus semitorques	35
Sunda scops owl	Otus lempiji	36
Palawan scops owl	Otus fuliginosus	37
Philippine scops owl	Otus megalotis	38
Everett's scops owl	Otus everetti	39
Negros scops owl	Otus nigrorum	40
Wallace's scops owl	Otus silvicola	41
Mindanao scops owl	Otus mirus	42
Luzon scops owl	Otus longicornis	43
Mindoro scops owl	Otus mindorensis	44
Pallid scops owl	Otus brucei	45
African scops owl	Otus senegalensis	46
Annobon scops owl	Otus feae	47
Arabian scops owl	Otus pamelae	48
Eurasian scops owl	Otus scops	49
Cyprus scops owl	Otus cyprius	50
Oriental scops owl	Otus sunia	51
Socotra scops owl	Otus socotranus	52
Moluccan scops owl	Otus magicus	53
Rinjani scops owl	Otus jolandae	54
Sula scops owl	Otus sulaensis	55
Siau scops owl	Otus siaoensis	56
Mantanani scops owl	Otus mantananensis	57
Ryukyu scops owl	Otus elegans	58
Sulawesi scops owl	Otus manadensis	59
Sangihe scops owl	Otus collari	60
Biak scops owl	Otus beccarii	61
Seychelles scops owl	Otus insularis	62
Simeulue scops owl	Otus umbra	63
Enggano scops owl	Otus enganensis	64
Nicobar scops owl	Otus alius	65
Pemba scops owl	Otus pembaensis	66
Karthala scops owl	Otus pauliani	67
Anjouan scops owl	Otus capnodes	68
Moheli scops owl	Otus moheliensis	69
Mayotte scops owl	Otus mayottensis	70
Torotoroka scops owl	Otus madagascariensis	71
Rainforest scops owl	Otus rutilus	72
Sao Tome scops owl	Otus hartlaubi	73
Reunion owl	Otus grucheti (X)	74
Mauritius owl	Otus sauzieri (X)	75
Rodrigues owl	Otus murivorus (X)	76
Flammulated owl	Psiloscops flammeolus	77
Eastern screech owl	Megascops asio	78
Western screech owl	Megascops kennicottii	79
Balsas screech owl	Megascops seductus	80
Pacific screech owl	Megascops cooperi	81
Whiskered screech owl	Megascops trichopsis	82
Tropical screech owl	Megascops choliba	83
West Peruvian screech owl	Megascops roboratus	84
Koepcke's screech owl	Megascops koepckeae	85
Bare-shanked screech owl	Megascops clarkii	86
Bearded screech owl	Megascops barbarus	87
Rufescent screech owl	Megascops ingens	88
Cinnamon screech owl	Megascops petersoni	89
Cloud-forest screech owl	Megascops marshalli	90
Tawny-bellied screech owl	Megascops watsonii	91
Middle American screech owl	Megascops guatemalae	92
Vermiculated screech owl	Megascops vermiculatus	93
Foothill screech owl	Megascops roraimae	94
Choco screech owl	Megascops centralis	95
Yungas screech owl	Megascops hoyi	96
Black-capped screech owl	Megascops atricapilla	97
Long-tufted screech owl	Megascops sanctaecatarinae	98
Puerto Rican owl	Gymnasio nudipes	99
White-throated screech owl	Megascops albogularis	100
Santa Marta screech owl	Megascops gilesi	101
Palau owl	Otus podarginus	102
Bare-legged owl	Margarobyas lawrencii	103
Northern white-faced owl	Ptilopsis leucotis	104
Southern white-faced owl	Ptilopsis granti	105
Snowy owl	Bubo scandiacus	106
Great horned owl	Bubo virginianus	107
Lesser horned owl	Bubo magellanicus	108
Eurasian eagle-owl	Bubo bubo	109
Indian eagle-owl	Bubo bengalensis	110
Pharaoh eagle-owl	Bubo ascalaphus	111
Cape eagle-owl	Bubo capensis	112
Spotted eagle-owl	Bubo africanus	113
Arabian eagle-owl	Bubo milesi	114
Greyish eagle-owl	Bubo cinerascens	115
Fraser's eagle-owl	Bubo poensis	116
Usambara eagle-owl	Bubo vosseleri	117
Spot-bellied eagle-owl	Bubo nipalensis	118
Barred eagle-owl	Bubo sumatranus	119
Shelley's eagle-owl	Bubo shelleyi	120
Verreaux's eagle-owl	Bubo lacteus	121
Dusky eagle-owl	Bubo coromandus	122
Akun eagle-owl	Bubo leucostictus	123
Philippine eagle-owl	Bubo philippensis	124
Blakiston's fish owl	Bubo blakistoni	125
Brown fish owl	Ketupa zeylonensis	126
Tawny fish owl	Ketupa flavipes	127
Buffy fish owl	Ketupa ketupu	128
Pel's fishing owl	Scotopelia peli	129
Rufous fishing owl	Scotopelia ussheri	130
Vermiculated fishing owl	Scotopelia bouvieri	131
Spotted wood owl	Strix seloputo	132
Mottled wood owl	Strix ocellata	133
Brown wood owl	Strix leptogrammica	134
Tawny owl	Strix aluco	135
Maghreb owl	Strix mauritanica	136
Himalayan owl	Strix nivicolum	137
Omani owl	Strix butleri	138
Desert owl	Strix hadorami	139
Spotted owl	Strix occidentalis	140
Barred owl	Strix varia	141
Cinereous owl	Strix sartorii	142
Fulvous owl	Strix fulvescens	143
Rusty-barred owl	Strix hylophila	144
Chaco owl	Strix chacoensis	145
Rufous-legged owl	Strix rufipes	146
Ural owl	Strix uralensis	147
Pere David's owl	Strix davidi	148
Great grey owl	Strix nebulosa	149
African wood owl	Strix woodfordii	150
Mottled owl	Strix virgata	151
Rufous-banded owl	Strix albitarsis	152
Black-and-white owl	Strix nigrolineata	153
Black-banded owl	Strix huhula	154
Maned owl	Jubula lettii	155
Crested owl	Lophostrix cristata	156
Spectacled owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata	157
Tawny-browed owl	Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana	158
Band-bellied owl	Pulsatrix melanota	159
Northern hawk-owl	Surnia ulula	160
Collared owlet	Taenioptynx brodiei	161
Eurasian pygmy owl	Glaucidium passerinum	162
Sunda owlet	Taenioptynx sylvaticum	163
Pearl-spotted owlet	Glaucidium perlatum	164
Northern pygmy owl	Glaucidium californicum	165
Mountain pygmy owl	Glaucidium gnoma	166
Baja pygmy owl	Glaucidium hoskinsii	167
Guatemalan pygmy owl	Glaucidium cobanense	168
Costa Rican pygmy owl	Glaucidium costaricanum	169
Andean pygmy owl	Glaucidium jardinii	170
Cloud-forest pygmy owl	Glaucidium nubicola	171
Yungas pygmy owl	Glaucidium bolivianum	172
Colima pygmy owl	Glaucidium palmarum	173
Tamaulipas pygmy owl	Glaucidium sanchezi	174
Pernambuco pygmy owl	Glaucidium mooreorum	175
Central American pygmy owl	Glaucidium griseiceps	176
Subtropical pygmy owl	Glaucidium parkeri	177
Amazonian pygmy owl	Glaucidium hardyi	178
East Brazilian pygmy owl	Glaucidium minutissimum	179
Ferruginous pygmy owl	Glaucidium brasilianum	180
Pacific pygmy owl	Glaucidium peruanum	181
Austral pygmy owl	Glaucidium nana	182
Cuban pygmy owl	Glaucidium siju	183
Red-chested owlet	Glaucidium tephronotum	184
Sjöstedt's barred owlet	Glaucidium sjostedti	185
Asian barred owlet	Glaucidium cuculoides	186
Javan owlet	Glaucidium castanopterum	187
Jungle owlet	Glaucidium radiatum	188
Chestnut-backed owlet	Glaucidium castanotum	189
African barred owlet	Glaucidium capense	190
Albertine owlet	Glaucidium albertinum	191
Long-whiskered owlet	Xenoglaux loweryi	192
Elf owl	Micrathene whitneyi	193
Little owl	Athene noctua	194
Spotted owlet	Athene brama	195
Burrowing owl	Athene cunicularia	196
White-browed owl	Athene superciliaris	197
Forest owlet	Athene blewitti	198
Boreal owl	Aegolius funereus	199
Northern saw-whet owl	Aegolius acadicus	200
Bermuda saw-whet owl	Aegolius gradyi (X)	201
Unspotted saw-whet owl	Aegolius ridgwayi	202
Buff-fronted owl	Aegolius harrisii	203
Rufous owl	Ninox rufa	204
Togian boobook	Ninox burhani	205
Powerful owl	Ninox strenua	206
Barking owl	Ninox connivens	207
Sumba boobook	Ninox rudolfi	208
Australian boobook	Ninox boobook	209
Rote boobook	Ninox rotiensis	210
Timor boobook	Ninox fusca	211
Alor boobook	Ninox plesseni	212
Morepork	Ninox novaeseelandiae	213
Brown hawk-owl	Ninox scutulata	214
Northern boobook	Ninox japonica	215
Chocolate boobook	Ninox randi	216
Hume's hawk-owl	Ninox obscura	217
Andaman hawk-owl	Ninox affinis	218
Luzon hawk-owl	Ninox philippensis	219
Mindanao hawk-owl	Ninox spilocephala	220
Mindoro hawk-owl	Ninox mindorensis	221
Romblon hawk-owl	Ninox spilonotus	222
Cebu hawk-owl	Ninox rumseyi	223
Camiguin hawk-owl	Ninox leventisi	224
Sulu hawk-owl	Ninox reyi	225
Ochre-bellied boobook	Ninox ochracea	226
Cinnabar boobook	Ninox ios	227
Seram boobook	Ninox squamipila	228
Buru boobook	Ninox hantu	229
Halmahera boobook	Ninox hypogramma	230
Tanimbar boobook	Ninox forbesi	231
Christmas boobook	Ninox natalis	232
Papuan boobook	Ninox theomacha	233
Manus boobook	Ninox meeki	234
Speckled boobook	Ninox punctulata	235
New Ireland boobook	Ninox variegata	236
New Britain boobook	Ninox odiosa	237
Solomons boobook	Athene jacquinoti	238
Little Sumba hawk-owl	Ninox sumbaensis	239
Papuan hawk-owl	Uroglaux dimorpha	240
Laughing owl	Ninox albifacies (X)	241
Jamaican owl	Pseudoscops grammicus	242
Striped owl	Asio clamator	243
Fearful owl	Asio solomonensis	244
Stygian owl	Asio stygius	245
Long-eared owl	Asio otus	246
Abyssinian owl	Asio abyssinicus	247
Madagascan owl	Asio madagascariensis	248
Short-eared owl	Asio flammeus	249
Marsh owl	Asio capensis	250