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 195 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in Saudi Arabia.
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- European Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo
- Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus
- Hume's Owl Strix butleri
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
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