List of Birds of Honduras - Typical Owls

Typical Owls

Order: Strigiformes. Family: Strigidae

Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

  • Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
  • Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi
  • Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis
  • Guatemalan Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  • Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens
  • Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
  • Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
  • Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
  • Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
  • Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium californicum
  • Mountain Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
  • Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium cobanense
  • Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
  • Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia (A)
  • Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
  • Stygian Owl Asio stygius

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