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 26 species which have been recorded in Colombia.
- Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Megascops clarkii
- Rufescent Screech-Owl Megascops ingens
- Cinnamon Screech-owl, Megascops petersoni
- Foothill Screech-owl, Megascops roraimae
- Colombian Screech-Owl Megascops colombianus
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
- White-throated Screech-Owl Megascops albogularis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula
- Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsus
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota (A)
- Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola
- Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi (A)
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Colombia
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