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 17 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
- Variable Screech-Owl Megascops atricapillus
- Long-tufted Screech-Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila
- Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Tucuman Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium tucumanum
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay
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