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.
- Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Balsas Screech Owl Megascops seductus (E)
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Bearded Screech Owl Megascops barbarus
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium californicum
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Guatemalan Pygmy Owl Glaucidium cobanense
- Cape Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hoskinsii (E)
- Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum (E)
- Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium sanchezi (E)
- Central American Pygmy Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Mexico
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