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.
- Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Megascops clarkii
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (A)
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
- Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia (A)
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi (A)
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
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