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 8 species which occur in Hong Kong.
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia (A)
- Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo (A)
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis (A)
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica (A)
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox japonica (A)
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hong Kong
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