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 31 species which have been recorded in Peru.
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Koepcke's Screech Owl Megascops koepckeae
- West Peruvian Screech Owl Megascops roboratus
- Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens
- Colombian Screech Owl Megascops colombianus
- Cinnamon Screech Owl Megascops petersoni
- Cloud-forest Screech Owl Megascops marshalli (E)
- Tawny-bellied Screech Owl Megascops watsonii
- Rio Napo Screech-owl Megascops napensis
- White-throated Screech Owl Megascops albogularis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus
- 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
- Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Subtropical Pygmy Owl Glaucidium parkeri
- Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum
- Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum
- Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi (E)
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius (A)
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
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