List of Birds of Argentina - Typical Owls

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.

  • Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
  • Hoy's Screech-Owl Megascops hoyi
  • Long-tufted Screech Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae (A)
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  • Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus
  • Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila
  • Rufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes
  • Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis
  • Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
  • Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula
  • Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
  • Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
  • Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum
  • East Brazilian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium minutissimum (A)
  • Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
  • Tucuman Pygmy Owl Glaucidium tucumanum
  • Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nanum
  • Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
  • Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
  • Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
  • Stygian Owl Asio stygius
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

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