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 28 species which occur in China.
- Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
- Sunda Scops-Owl Otus lempiji
- Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei
- European Scops-Owl Otus scops
- Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis
- Dusky Eagle-Owl Bubo coromandus (A)
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Blakiston's Fish-Owl Ketupa blakistoni
- Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish-Owl Ketupa flavipes
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Ural Owl Strix uralensis
- Pere David's Owl Strix davidi (E)
- Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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