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.
- Flammulated Owl, Otus flammeolus
- Oriental Scops-Owl, Otus sunia (A)
- Western Screech-Owl, Megascops kennicottii
- Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio
- Whiskered Screech-Owl, Megascops trichopsis
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
- Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula
- Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
- Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
- Mottled Owl, Ciccaba virgata (A)
- Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
- Stygian Owl, Asio stygius (A)
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
- Brown Hawk-Owl, Ninox scutulata (A)
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