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 9 New Jersey species.
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula (A)
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus (A)
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of New Jersey
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