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. There are 11 Iowa species.
- Eastern Screech Owl, Megascops asio
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
- Northern Hawk-Owl, Surnia ulula (A)
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia (C)
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa (A)
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus (A)
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Iowa
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