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 11 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata (A)
- Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana
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