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 16 species which occur in Vietnam.
- Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
- Sunda Scops-Owl Otus lempiji
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Spot-bellied Eagle-owl Bubo nipalensis
- Brown Fish-owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish-owl Ketupa flavipes
- Buffy Fish-owl Ketupa ketupu
- Spotted Wood-owl Strix seloputo
- Brown Wood-owl Strix leptogrammica
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Vietnam
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