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
- Western Screech Owl, Megascops kennicottii
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus *
- Mountain Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
- Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
- Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
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