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