| IOC English Name | Scientific Name | Range | Comments |
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ORDER STRIGIFORMES |
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Barn Owls (18) |
Family Tytonidae |
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| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) | AU : New Guinea, e Australia | ENG, TAX : Change English name of Tyto tenebricosa to Sooty Owl with lump of Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata, which is best treated as conspecific with T. tenebricosa (Christidis & Boles 2008) |
| T. t. arfaki (Schlegel, 1879) | New Guinea, Yapen I. | ||
| T. t. multipunctata Mathews, 1912 | ne Queensland (Australia) | ||
| T. t. tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) | ec and se Australia | ||
| Minahassa Masked Owl | Tyto inexspectata (Schlegel, 1879) | AU : n Sulawesi | |
| Taliabu Masked Owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann, 1939 | AU : Sula | |
| Moluccan Masked Owl | Tyto sororcula (Sclater, PL, 1883) | AU : s Moluccas | |
| T. s. sororcula (Sclater, PL, 1883) | Tanimbar Is. | ||
| T. s. cayelii (Hartert, 1900) | Buru and Seram Is. (s Moluccas) | ||
| Manus Masked Owl | Tyto manusi Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 | AU : Admiralty Islands | |
| Golden Masked Owl | Tyto aurantia (Salvadori, 1881) | AU : Bismarck Archipelago | |
| Australian Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) | AU : Australia, s New Guinea | |
| T. n. calabyi Mason, 1983 | s New Guinea | ||
| T. n. kimberli Mathews, 1912 | nw Australia | ||
| T. n. melvillensis Mathews, 1912 | Melville and Bathurst Is. (Northern Territory, Australia) | ||
| T. n. galei Mathews, 1914 | Cape York Pen. (ne Australia) | ||
| T. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) | sw Western Australia to Victoria and ne Queensland | ||
| T. n. castanops (Gould, 1837) | Tasmania, Maria and Maatsuyker Is. | ||
| Sulawesi Masked Owl | Tyto rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| T. r. pelengensis Neumann, 1939 | Peleng I. (Banggai Is.) | ||
| T. r. rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) | Sulawesi and Sangihe I. | ||
| Red Owl | Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) | NA, SA, AF, EU, OR : widespread | ENG : Change English name of Tyto alba, including javanica, to Western Barn Owl with split of Tyto delicatula; split of American Barn Owl furcata from alba under consideration |
| T. a. alba (Scopoli, 1769) | nw Africa, w and s Europe to the Balkans | ||
| T. a. guttata (Brehm, CL, 1831) | c Europe and e Balkans to the Ukraine | ||
| T. a. ernesti (Kleinschmidt, O, 1901) | Corsica and Sardinia | ||
| T. a. erlangeri Sclater, WL, 1921 | Crete and Cyprus through the Middle East to s Iran | ||
| T. a. affinis (Blyth, 1862) | Africa south of the Sahara | ||
| T. a. schmitzi (Hartert, 1900) | Madeira | ||
| T. a. gracilirostris (Hartert, 1905) | e Canary Is. | ||
| T. a. detorta Hartert, 1913 | Cape Verde Is. | ||
| T. a. poensis (Fraser, 1843) | Bioko I. (Gulf of Guinea) | ||
| T. a. thomensis (Hartlaub, 1852) | São Tomé I. (Gulf of Guinea) | ||
| T. a. hypermetra Grote, 1928 | Comoro Is. and Madagascar | ||
| T. a. stertens Hartert, 1929 | Pakistan, India and n Sri Lanka to sw China and Indochina | ||
| T. a. javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java to w Lesser Sundas | ||
| T. a. pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) | s Canada and ne USA to e Nicaragua, Hispaniola | ||
| T. a. guatemalae (Ridgway, 1874) | w Guatemala to Panama | ||
| T. a. bondi Parkes & Phillips, AR, 1978 | Bay Is. (off n Honduras) | ||
| T. a. lucayana Riley, 1913 | Bahama Is. | ||
| T. a. niveicauda Parkes & Phillips, AR, 1978 | Isle of Pines (off Cuba) | ||
| T. a. furcata (Temminck, 1827) | Cuba, Cayman Is. and Jamaica | ||
| T. a. nigrescens (Lawrence, 1878) | Dominica I. | ||
| T. a. insularis (Pelzeln, 1872) | s Lesser Antilles | ||
| T. a. bargei (Hartert, 1892) | Netherlands Antilles | ||
| T. a. subandeana Kelso, L, 1938 | submontane Colombia, Ecuador | ||
| T. a. contempta (Hartert, 1898) | Andes from Venezuela to Peru | ||
| T. a. hellmayri Griscom & Greenway, 1937 | Guianas, n Brazil | ||
| T. a. tuidara (Gray, JE, 1828) | c Brazil south of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego | ||
| T. a. punctatissima (Gould & Gray, GR, 1838) | Galapagos Is. | ||
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto delicatula (Gould, 1837) | AU : e Lesser Sundas, Australasia, sw Pacific. | AS : Tyto delicatula is split from T. alba (Wink et al. 2004b, Christidis & Boles 2008), but may need to be revisited |
| T. d. sumbaensis (Hartert, 1897) | Sumba I. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| T. d. meeki (Rothschild & Hartert, 1907) | se New Guinea and nearby islands | ||
| T. d. delicatula (Gould, 1837) | e Lesser Sundas to Australia, Solomon and Loyalty Is., Samoa | ||
| T. d. crassirostris Mayr, 1935 | Bismarck Arch. | ||
| Andaman Masked Owl | Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) | OR : s Andaman Islands | AS : Tyto deroepstorffi is split from Tyto alba (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005) |
| Ashy-faced Owl | Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) | NA : Hispaniola | |
| African Grass Owl | Tyto capensis (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : Subsaharan Africa from Ethiopia and Cameroun south to South Africa | |
| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) | OR, AU : India to se China, Taiwan, Philippines, Sulawesi, se New Guinea, n, ne Australia, New Caledonia | AS : Tyto longimembris is split from T.capensis (König et al. 1999);recognized by BLI |
| T. l. longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) | India to Indochina, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas and n and e Australia | ||
| T. l. chinensis Hartert, 1929 | se China, Vietnam | ||
| T. l. pithecops (Swinhoe, 1866) | Taiwan | ||
| T. l. amauronota (Cabanis, 1872) | Philippine Is. | ||
| T. l. papuensis Hartert, 1929 | New Guinea | ||
| Congo Bay Owl | Phodilus prigoginei Schouteden, 1952 | AF : e DR Congo, nw Tanzania | |
| Oriental Bay Owl | Phodilus badius (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : Southeast Asia to Borneo and Java | |
| P. b. saturatus Robinson, 1927 | ne India to s China, n Thailand and Indochina | ||
| P. b. badius (Horsfield, 1821) | s Thaland, Malay Peninsula, and Greater Sundas | ||
| P. b. parvus Chasen, 1937 | Belitung I. (off sw Borneo) | ||
| P. b. arixuthus Oberholser, 1932 | Bunguran I. (Natuna Is.) | ||
| Sri Lanka Bay Owl | Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877 | OR : Sri Lanka, sw India | AS : Phodilus assimilis is split from Phodilus badius (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005). |
| P. a. ripleyi Hussain & Reza Khan, 1978 | sw India | ||
| P. a. assimilis Hume, 1877 | Sri Lanka | ||
Owls (211) |
Family Strigidae |
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| Giant Scops Owl | Otus gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879) | OR : Philippines | PHY, TAX, SEQ : Resequence Giant Scops Owl (Mimizuku), which belongs in Otus (Miranda et al 2011) |
| White-fronted Scops Owl | Otus sagittatus (Cassin, 1849) | OR : Malay Peninsula | |
| Reddish Scops Owl | Otus rufescens (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas | |
| O. r. malayensis Hachisuka, 1934 | s Thailand, Malay Pen. | ||
| O. r. rufescens (Horsfield, 1821) | Sumatra, Bangka I., Java, and Borneo | ||
| Serendib Scops Owl | Otus thilohoffmanni Warakagoda & Rasmussen, 2004 | OR : Sri Lanka | |
| Sandy Scops Owl | Otus icterorhynchus (Shelley, 1873) | AF : w, c | |
| O. i. icterorhynchus (Shelley, 1873) | Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana | ||
| O. i. holerythrus (Sharpe, 1901) | Cameroon, DR Congo | ||
| Sokoke Scops Owl | Otus ireneae Ripley, 1966 | AF : Kenya | |
| Andaman Scops Owl | Otus balli (Hume, 1873) | OR : Andaman Islands | |
| Flores Scops Owl | Otus alfredi (Hartert, 1897) | AU : Flores | |
| Mountain Scops Owl | Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846) | OR : widespread | |
| O. s. huttoni (Hume, 1870) | n Pakistan to c Nepal | ||
| O. s. spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846) | c Nepal to Burma | ||
| O. s. latouchi (Rickett, 1900) | se China, n Indochina | ||
| O. s. hambroecki (Swinhoe, 1870) | Taiwan | ||
| O. s. siamensis Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | s Thailand, s Vietnam | ||
| O. s. vulpes (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) | s Malay Pen. | ||
| O. s. vandewateri (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | Sumatra | ||
| O. s. luciae (Sharpe, 1888) | Borneo | ||
| Rajah Scops Owl | Otus brookii (Sharpe, 1892) | OR : Sumatra, Borneo | |
| O. b. solokensis (Hartert, 1893) | Sumatra | ||
| O. b. brookii (Sharpe, 1892) | Borneo | ||
| Javan Scops Owl | Otus angelinae (Finsch, 1912) | OR : w Java | |
| Mentawai Scops Owl | Otus mentawi Chasen & Kloss, 1926 | OR : Mentawai Archipelago | |
| Indian Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769 | EU, OR : s Pakistan, c, s India, Sri Lanka | ENG : Change English name of Otus bakkamoena from Collared Scops Owl (now O. lettia) to Indian Scops Owl, with split of multiple species. |
| O. b. deserticolor Ticehurst, 1922 | s Iran, s Pakistan | ||
| O. b. gangeticus Ticehurst, 1922 | nw India to Nepal | ||
| O. b. marathae Ticehurst, 1922 | c India | ||
| O. b. bakkamoena Pennant, 1769 | s India, Sri Lanka | ||
| Collared Scops Owl | Otus lettia (Hodgson, 1836) | OR : w Himalayas through s China, n Indochina and Taiwan | AS : Otus lettia is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Followed in Clements 2007). |
| O. l. plumipes (Hume, 1870) | n Pakistan to w Nepal | ||
| O. l. lettia (Hodgson, 1836) | e Nepal to Burma and Indochina | ||
| O. l. erythrocampe (Swinhoe, 1874) | se China, nw Vietnam | ||
| O. l. glabripes (Swinhoe, 1870) | Taiwan | ||
| O. l. umbratilis (Swinhoe, 1870) | Hainan I. (off se China) | ||
| Japanese Scops Owl | Otus semitorques Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | EU : ne China, Korea, Ussuriland, Japan, Ryukyu Is. | AS : Otus semitorques is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999. Followed in Clements 2007). |
| O. s. ussuriensis (Buturlin, 1910) | ne China, se Siberia, Korea | ||
| O. s. semitorques Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | Kuril Is. and Hokkaido south to Yakushima | ||
| O. s. pryeri (Gurney, 1889) | Izu and Ryukyu Is. | ||
| Sunda Scops Owl | Otus lempiji (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : s Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java | AS : Otus lempiji is split from Otus bakkamoena (König et al. 1999, Followed in Clements 2007) |
| O. l. lempiji (Horsfield, 1821) | n and c Malay Pen., s Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung, Java, Bali and Borneo | ||
| O. l. hypnodes Deignan, 1950 | n and c Sumatra | ||
| O. l. kangeanus Mayr, 1938 | Kangean Is. (Java Sea) | ||
| O. l. lemurum Deignan, 1957 | Sarawak (n Borneo) | ||
| O. l. cnephaeus Deignan, 1950 | s Malay Pen. | ||
| Palawan Scops Owl | Otus fuliginosus (Sharpe, 1888) | OR : Palawan (w Philippines) | |
| Philippine Scops Owl | Otus megalotis (Walden, 1875) | OR : Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque, Philippines | |
| Everett's Scops Owl | Otus everetti (Tweeddale, 1879) | OR : Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Mindannao and Basilan, Philippines | AS : Everett‘s Scops Owl is split from Philippine Scops Owl (Miranda et al 2011) |
| Negros Scops Owl | Otus nigrorum Rand, 1950 | OR : Negros and Panay, Philippines | AS : Negros Scops Owl is split from Philippine Scops Owl (Miranda et al 2011) |
| Wallace's Scops Owl | Otus silvicola (Wallace, 1864) | AU : Lesser Sundas | |
| Mindanao Scops Owl | Otus mirus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 | OR : Mindanao (s Philippines) | |
| Luzon Scops Owl | Otus longicornis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) | OR : Luzon (n Philippines) | |
| Mindoro Scops Owl | Otus mindorensis (Whitehead, J, 1899) | OR : Mindoro (nc Philippines) | |
| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei (Hume, 1872) | EU : sw, c | |
| O. b. exiguus Mukherjee, 1958 | Israel and s Iraq to w Pakistan and ne Arabia | ||
| O. b. obsoletus (Cabanis, 1875) | s Turkey and n Syria to Uzbekistan and n Afghanistan | ||
| O. b. brucei (Hume, 1872) | Aral Sea to Kyrgystan and Tajikistan | ||
| O. b. semenowi (Zarudny & Harms, 1902) | s Tajikistan to w China, n Pakistan and e Afghanistan | ||
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) | AF : widespread | |
| O. s. pamelae Bates, 1937 | s Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen | ||
| O. s. senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) | Africa south of the Sahara | ||
| O. s. nivosus Keith & Twomey, 1968 | se Kenya | ||
| O. s. feae (Salvadori, 1903) | Annob�n I. (Gulf of Guinea) | ||
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w, c | |
| O. s. scops (Linnaeus, 1758) | France and Italy to the Caucasus area | ||
| O. s. mallorcae von Jordans, 1923 | Iberian Pen., Balearic Is. and nw Africa | ||
| O. s. cycladum (Tschusi, 1904) | s Greece and Crete to s Turkey, Syria and Jordan | ||
| O. s. cyprius (Madarász, 1901) | Cyprus | ||
| O. s. turanicus (Loudon, 1905) | Iraq to nw Pakistan | ||
| O. s. pulchellus (Pallas, 1771) | Kazakhstan to s Siberia and w Himalayas | ||
| Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia (Hodgson, 1836) | OR : widespread, also e Asia | |
| O. s. japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | Japan | ||
| O. s. stictonotus (Sharpe, 1875) | se Siberia, ne China and Korea | ||
| O. s. malayanus (Hay, 1845) | s China | ||
| O. s. sunia (Hodgson, 1836) | n Pakistan, n India, Nepal and Bangladesh | ||
| O. s. distans Friedmann & Deignan, 1939 | n and e Thailand | ||
| O. s. rufipennis (Sharpe, 1875) | s India | ||
| O. s. leggei Ticehurst, 1923 | Sri Lanka | ||
| O. s. modestus (Walden, 1874) | Andaman Is. | ||
| O. s. nicobaricus (Hume, 1876) | Nicobar Is. | ||
| Socotra Scops Owl | Otus socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO, 1899) | AF : Socotra | AS : Socotra Scops Owl is split from O.senegalensis, but wrongly affiliated with that species (König & Weick 2008, Redman et al 2009, Porter and Aspinall 2010) |
| Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus (Müller, S, 1841) | AU : Moluccas, Lesser Sundas | |
| O. m. morotensis (Sharpe, 1875) | Morotai and Ternate Is. (n Moluccas) | ||
| O. m. leucospilus (Gray, GR, 1861) | Halmahera, Kasiruta and Bacan Is. (n Moluccas) | ||
| O. m. obira Jany, 1955 | Obi I. (c Moluccas) | ||
| O. m. magicus (Müller, S, 1841) | Buru, Seram and Ambon Is. (s Moluccas) | ||
| O. m. albiventris (Sharpe, 1875) | Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Lomblen and Besar Is. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| O. m. tempestatis (Hartert, 1904) | Wetar I. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| Sula Scops Owl | Otus sulaensis (Hartert, 1898) | AU : Sula Islands | |
| Siau Scops Owl | Otus siaoensis (Schlegel, 1873) | AU : Siau Island | |
| Mantanani Scops Owl | Otus mantananensis (Sharpe, 1892) | OR : Philippines | |
| O. m. mantananensis (Sharpe, 1892) | Mantanani I. (off n Borneo), Rasa and Ursula Is. (off s coast of Palawan) | ||
| O. m. cuyensis McGregor, 1904 | Cuyo and Calamian Is. (ne of Palawan) | ||
| O. m. romblonis McGregor, 1905 | Banton, Romblon, Tablas, Sibuyan, Tres-Reyes and Semirara Is. (c Philippines) | ||
| O. m. sibutuensis (Sharpe, 1893) | Tumindao and Sibutu Is. (sw Sulu Is.) | ||
| Ryukyu Scops Owl | Otus elegans (Cassin, 1852) | OR : islands s of Japan to Philippines | |
| O. e. interpositus Kuroda, 1923 | Daito Is. (s Japan) | ||
| O. e. elegans (Cassin, 1852) | Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) | ||
| O. e. botelensis Kuroda, 1928 | Lanyu I. (off of s Taiwan) | ||
| O. e. calayensis McGregor, 1904 | Batan, Calayan and Sabtang Is. (n Philippines) | ||
| Sulawesi Scops Owl | Otus manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| O. m. manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | Sulawesi | ||
| O. m. mendeni Neumann, 1939 | Banggai and Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi) | ||
| O. m. kalidupae (Hartert, 1903) | Kaledupa I. (off se Sulawesi) | ||
| Sangihe Scops Owl | Otus collari Lambert & Rasmussen, 1998 | AU : Sangihe Island | |
| Biak Scops Owl | Otus beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) | AU : Biak Island | |
| Seychelles Scops Owl | Otus insularis (Tristram, 1880) | IO : Seychelles Islands | |
| Simeulue Scops Owl | Otus umbra (Richmond, 1903) | OR : Simeulue Island | |
| Enggano Scops Owl | Otus enganensis Riley, 1927 | OR : Enggano Is (w Sumatra) | |
| Nicobar Scops Owl | Otus alius Rasmussen, 1998 | OR : Nicobar Islands | |
| Pemba Scops Owl | Otus pembaensis Pakenham, 1937 | AF : Pemba Island | |
| Karthala Scops Owl | Otus pauliani Benson, 1960 | AF : Grand Comore Is, Comoros | |
| Anjouan Scops Owl | Otus capnodes (Gurney, 1889) | AF : Anjouan Is, Comoros | AS : Otus capnodes omitted from IOC list (1.0) |
| Moheli Scops Owl | Otus moheliensis Lafontaine & Moulaert, 1998 | AF : Moheli Is, Comoros | |
| Mayotte Scops Owl | Otus mayottensis Benson, 1960 | AF : Mayotte Is,Comoros | |
| Torotoroka Scops Owl | Otus madagascariensis (Grandidier, A, 1867) | AF : Madagascar | AS : see Fuchs et al. 2007, 2008 for recognition of species of Comoros scops owls |
| Rainforest Scops Owl | Otus rutilus (Pucheran, 1849) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Sao Tome Scops Owl | Otus hartlaubi (Giebel, 1872) | AF : São Tomé | |
| Reunion Owl | Mascarenotus grucheti † Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Moutou & Ribes, 1994 | IO : La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008 |
| Mauritius Owl | Mascarenotus sauzieri † (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) | IO : Mauritius I. | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008 |
| Rodrigues Owl | Mascarenotus murivorus † (Milne-Edwards, A, 1873) | IO : Rodrigues I. | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008, Fuller, 2002. |
| Flammulated Owl | Megascops flammeolus (Kaup, 1852) | NA, MA : w | PHY : Flammulated Owl positions as outgroup to other Megascops and possibly separated to monotypic Psiloscops (Wink et al http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak14/ipmb/phazb/pdf-files/PosterSample2.pdf) |
| Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, MA : se, sc Canada to ne Mexico | |
| M. a. maxwelliae (Ridgway, 1877) | sc Canada, nc USA | ||
| M. a. asio (Linnaeus, 1758) | se Canada and ne USA to c and ec USA | ||
| M. a. hasbroucki (Ridgway, 1914) | sc USA | ||
| M. a. mccallii (Cassin, 1854) | s Texas (sc USA) to ne Mexico | ||
| M. a. floridanus (Ridgway, 1874) | Louisiana to Florida (se USA) | ||
| Western Screech Owl | Megascops kennicottii (Elliot, 1867) | NA, MA : w, s Alaska to s Mexico | |
| M. k. kennicottii (Elliot, 1867) | se Alaska to nw California (USA) | ||
| M. k. macfarlanei Brewster, 1891 | se British Columbia (Canada) to ne California and Wyoming (USA) | ||
| M. k. bendirei (Brewster, 1882) | sc Oregon (nw USA) to n Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| M. k. aikeni Brewster, 1891 | w Texas west to Colorado, Utah, Nevada and e California (w USA) | ||
| M. k. cardonensis (Huey, 1926) | ne Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| M. k. xantusi Brewster, 1902 | s Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| M. k. yumanensis (Miller, AH & Miller, L, 1951) | se Califonia, sw Arizona (sw USA) and nw Sonora (Mexico) | ||
| M. k. vinaceus Brewster, 1888 | s Sonora to Sinaloa (n Mexico) | ||
| M. k. suttoni (Moore, RT, 1941) | sw Texas (USA) to the Mexican plateau (c Mexico) | ||
| Balsas Screech Owl | Megascops seductus (Moore, RT, 1941) | MA : sw Mexico | |
| Pacific Screech Owl | Megascops cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) | MA : s Mexico to nw Costa Rica | |
| M. c. lambi (Moore, RT & Marshall, JT, 1959) | c Oaxaca (sw Mexico) | ||
| M. c. cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) | sw Oaxaca to Costa Rica | ||
| Whiskered Screech Owl | Megascops trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) | NA, MA : se Arizona to nc Nicaragua | |
| M. t. aspersus Brewster, 1888 | se Arizona (sw USA), n Mexico | ||
| M. t. trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) | c Mexico | ||
| M. t. mesamericanus (van Rossem, 1932) | se Mexico to nc Nicaragua | ||
| Tropical Screech Owl | Megascops choliba (Vieillot, 1817) | LA : Costa Rica to ne Argentina | |
| M. c. luctisonus (Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921) | Costa Rica to nw Colombia | ||
| M. c. margaritae (Cory, 1915) | Margarita I. (off n Venezuela) | ||
| M. c. duidae (Chapman, 1929) | s Venezuela | ||
| M. c. cruciger (von Spix, 1824) | e Colombia and e Peru through Venezuela, the Guianas to ne Brazil | ||
| M. c. surutus (Kelso, L, 1941) | Bolivia | ||
| M. c. decussatus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | c and e Brazil | ||
| M. c. choliba (Vieillot, 1817) | s Brazil, e Paraguay | ||
| M. c. wetmorei (Brodkorb, 1937) | w Paraguay, n Argentina | ||
| M. c. uruguaiensis (Hekstra, 1982) | se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina | ||
| West Peruvian Screech Owl | Megascops roboratus (Bangs & Noble, 1918) | SA : sw Ecuador, nw Peru | |
| M. r. pacificus (Hekstra, 1982) | sw Ecuador and nw Peru (south to Lambayeque) | ||
| M. r. roboratus (Bangs & Noble, 1918) | s Ecuador and nw Peru (between w and c Andea) | ||
| Koepcke's Screech Owl | Megascops koepckeae (Hekstra, 1982) | SA : nw, c Peru | |
| M. k. koepckeae (Hekstra, 1982) | nw Peru | ||
| M. k. hockingi Fjeldså et al, 2012 | c Peru | NEW : Newly described taxon. Fjeldså et al 2012 | |
| Bare-shanked Screech Owl | Megascops clarkii (Kelso, L & Kelso, EH, 1935) | LA : Costa Rica to nw Colombia | |
| Bearded Screech Owl | Megascops barbarus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | MA : s Mexico, n Guatemala | |
| Rufescent Screech Owl | Megascops ingens (Salvin, 1897) | SA : Venezuela to Bolivia | |
| M. i. venezuelanus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1954) | n Colombia, nw Venezuela | ||
| M. i. ingens (Salvin, 1897) | n Ecuador to c Bolivia | ||
| Colombian Screech Owl | Megascops colombianus (Traylor, 1952) | SA : w Colombia to n Peru | PL : Megascops colombianus is probably conspecific with M. ingens (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); H&M, BLI, and SACC recognize but call for reevaluation |
| Cinnamon Screech Owl | Megascops petersoni (Fitzpatrick & O'Neill, 1986) | SA : se Ecuador to nw Peru | |
| Cloud-forest Screech Owl | Megascops marshalli (Weske & Terborgh, 1981) | SA : c, s Peru | |
| Tawny-bellied Screech Owl | Megascops watsonii (Cassin, 1849) | SA : Amazonia | |
| M. w. watsonii (Cassin, 1849) | n of the Amazon | ||
| M. w. usta (Sclater, PL, 1858) | s of the Amazon | ||
| Middle American Screech Owl | Megascops guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875) | MA : nw, ne Mexico to n Nicaragua | ENG : Change English name of Megascops guatemalae to Middle American Screech Owl to follow AOU/NACC and to enable split of M.vermiculatus; Range to MA countries only |
| M. g. tomlini (Moore, RT, 1937) | Sonora and Chihuahua to Sinaloa (nw Mexico) | ||
| M. g. hastatus Ridgway, 1887 | Sinaloa to Oaxaca (w Mexico) | ||
| M. g. cassini (Ridgway, 1878) | Tamaulipas to n Veracruz (e Mexico) | ||
| M. g. fuscus (Moore, RT & Peters, JL, 1939) | c Veracruz (e Mexico) | ||
| M. g. thompsoni (Cole, LJ, 1906) | Yucatan Pen., Cozumel I. (se Mexico) | ||
| M. g. guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875) | se Veracruz and ne Oaxaca (s Mexico) to Honduras | ||
| M. g. dacrysistactus (Moore, RT & Peters, JL, 1939) | n Nicaragua | ||
| Vermiculated Screech Owl | Megascops vermiculatus Ridgway, 1887 | LA : Costa Rica to nw Colombia and n Venezuela | AS : Megascops vermiculatus is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); cf SACC 12 |
| Roraiman Screech Owl | Megascops roraimae (Salvin, 1897) | SA : Tepuis of se Venezuela and n Brazil | AS : Megascops roraimae is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); cf SACC 12 |
| Choco Screech Owl | Megascops centralis (Hekstra, 1982) | SA : sw Colombia, nw Ecuador | AS : Megascops centralis is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); cf SACC 12 |
| Napo Screech Owl | Megascops napensis (Chapman, 1928) | SA : e Colombia to n Bolivia | AS : Megascops napensis is split from M. guatemalae (König et al.1999); cf SACC 12 |
| Yungas Screech Owl | Megascops hoyi (König, C & Straneck, 1989) | SA : s Bolivia to nw Argentina | ENG : English name of Megascops hoyi unsettled, possibly Montane Forest Screech Owl or Hoy‘s Screech Owl (SACC) |
| Black-capped Screech Owl | Megascops atricapilla (Temminck, 1822) | SA : se | |
| Long-tufted Screech Owl | Megascops sanctaecatarinae (Salvin, 1897) | SA : se | |
| Puerto Rican Screech Owl | Megascops nudipes (Daudin, 1800) | NA : Puerto Rico | |
| M. n. nudipes (Daudin, 1800) | Puerto Rico | ||
| M. n. newtoni (Lawrence, 1861) | Virgin Is. | ||
| White-throated Screech Owl | Megascops albogularis (Cassin, 1849) | SA : Venezuela to Bolivia | |
| M. a. obscurus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1953) | Sierra-de-Perijá (nw Venezuela) | ||
| M. a. meridensis (Chapman, 1923) | w Venezuela | ||
| M. a. macabrum (Bonaparte, 1850) | w and c Andes of Colombia to n Peru | ||
| M. a. albogularis (Cassin, 1849) | e Andes to n Ecuador | ||
| M. a. remotus (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1941) | Peru to c Bolivia | ||
| Palau Owl | Pyrroglaux podargina (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) | PO : Palau Islands | |
| Bare-legged Owl | Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 | NA : Cuba | |
| G. l. lawrencii Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 | c and e Cuba | ||
| G. l. exsul (Bangs, 1913) | w Cuba and Isle of Pines | ||
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis (Temminck, 1820) | AF : e, c, w | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti (Kollibay, 1910) | AF : s of Equator | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | NA, LA : widespread | |
| B. v. algistus (Oberholser, 1904) | w Alaska | ||
| B. v. lagophonus (Oberholser, 1904) | c Alaska to ne Oregon, Idaho and nw Montana (USA) | ||
| B. v. saturatus Ridgway, 1877 | coastal se Alaska to coastal n California (USA) | ||
| B. v. pacificus Cassin, 1854 | coastal c California (USA) to nw Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| B. v. subarcticus Hoy, 1853 | wc Canada to n Idaho (USA) | ||
| B. v. pallescens Stone, 1897 | sw USA to s Mexico | ||
| B. v. pinorum Dickerman & Johnson, AB, 2008 | s Idaho to n Arizona and n New Mexico (USA) | ||
| B. v. heterocnemis (Oberholser, 1904) | ne Canada to the Great Lakes region | ||
| B. v. virginianus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | se Canada to c and e USA | ||
| B. v. elachistus Brewster, 1902 | s Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| B. v. mayensis Nelson, 1901 | Yucatan Pen. (se Mexico) | ||
| B. v. mesembrinus (Oberholser, 1904) | s Mexico to w Panama | ||
| B. v. nigrescens Berlepsch, 1884 | Colombia to nw Peru | ||
| B. v. nacurutu (Vieillot, 1817) | e Colombia through the Guianas to ne Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and c Peru | ||
| Lesser Horned Owl | Bubo magellanicus (Lesson, 1828) | SA : c Peru to Tierra del Fuego | AS : Bubo magellanicus is split from B. virginianus (König et al.1999, Jaramillo 2003); SACC awaits analysis and proposal |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | |
| B. b. hispanus Rothschild & Hartert, 1910 | Iberian Pen. | ||
| B. b. bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) | Scandinaviaa and France to w Russia | ||
| B. b. interpositus Rothschild & Hartert, 1910 | Turkey to Bulgaria, Romania and s Ukraine | ||
| B. b. nikolskii Zarudny, 1905 | e Iraq to w Pakistan | ||
| B. b. ruthenus Buturlin & Zhitkov, 1906 | c, e and s European Russia | ||
| B. b. sibiricus (Gloger, 1833) | Ural Mts.of e European Russia and w Siberia to c and sw Siberia | ||
| B. b. yenisseensis Buturlin, 1911 | c Siberia to n Mongolia | ||
| B. b. jakutensis Buturlin, 1908 | nc and ne Siberia | ||
| B. b. turcomanus (Eversmann, 1835) | Kazakhstan to w Mongolia and nw China | ||
| B. b. omissus Dementiev, 1933 | ne Iran and Turkmenistan to w China | ||
| B. b. hemachalanus Hume, 1873 | w Himalayas to w Tibet | ||
| B. b. tibetanus Bianchi, 1906 | Tibetan Plateau | ||
| B. b. tarimensis Buturlin, 1928 | e Tarim Basin (w China) to s Mongolia | ||
| B. b. kiautschensis Reichenow, 1903 | e China, Korea | ||
| B. b. ussuriensis Poliakov, 1915 | se Siberia and e Mongolia to ne China and e Siberia | ||
| B. b. borissowi Hesse, 1915 | Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (off se Siberia) | ||
| Indian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bengalensis (Franklin, 1831) | OR : Indian subcontinent | AS : Bubo bengalensis is split from B. bubo (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005); BLI recognizes. English name follows Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) |
| Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Bubo ascalaphus Savigny, 1809 | AF : nw AF to Arabian Peninsula | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis Smith, A, 1834 | AF : s, se, e | |
| B. c. dillonii Des Murs & Prévost, 1846 | Ethiopia and Eritrea | ||
| B. c. mackinderi Sharpe, 1899 | Kenya to w Mozambique | ||
| B. c. capensis Smith, A, 1834 | South Africa and s Namibia | ||
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus (Temminck, 1821) | AF : s of Equator | |
| B. a. africanus (Temminck, 1821) | s DR Congo to c Kenya south to South Africa | ||
| B. a. milesi Sharpe, 1886 | s Arabian Pen. | ||
| Greyish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens Guérin-Méneville, 1843 | AF : e, c, w | |
| Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Bubo poensis Fraser, 1854 | AF : c, w | |
| Usambara Eagle-Owl | Bubo vosseleri Reichenow, 1908 | AF : ne Tanzania | |
| Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Bubo nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 | OR : s India and Sri Lanka, Himalayas to Southeast Asia | |
| B. n. nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 | Himalayas to s India east to Vietnam | ||
| B. n. blighi Legge, 1878 | Sri Lanka | ||
| Barred Eagle-Owl | Bubo sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) | OR : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas | |
| B. s. sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) | s Burma, sw Thailand, Malay Pen., Bangka I. and Sumatra | ||
| B. s. strepitans (Temminck, 1823) | Java, Bali | ||
| B. s. tenuifasciatus Mees, 1964 | Borneo | ||
| Shelley's Eagle-Owl | Bubo shelleyi (Sharpe & Ussher, 1872) | AF : w, c | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus (Temminck, 1820) | AF : widespread | |
| Dusky Eagle-Owl | Bubo coromandus (Latham, 1790) | OR : Pakistan to w Thailand, also e China | |
| B. c. coromandus (Latham, 1790) | Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh | ||
| B. c. klossii Robinson, 1911 | s China to s Burma and e Thailand | ||
| Akun Eagle-Owl | Bubo leucostictus Hartlaub, 1855 | AF : c, w | |
| Philippine Eagle-Owl | Bubo philippensis Kaup, 1851 | OR : Philippines | |
| B. p. philippensis Kaup, 1851 | Luzon and Catanduanes (n Philippines) | ||
| B. p. mindanensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) | Mindanao, Samar, Leyte and Bohol (s Philippines) | ||
| Blakiston's Fish Owl | Bubo blakistoni Seebohm, 1884 | EU : ne China, n Japan | |
| B. b. doerriesi Seebohm, 1895 | ne China, se Siberia | ||
| B. b. blakistoni Seebohm, 1884 | Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (off se Siberia), Hokkaido (n Japan) | ||
| Brown Fish Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | OR, EU : Middle East to Southeast Asia | |
| K. z. semenowi Zarudny, 1905 | Middle East to nw India | ||
| K. z. leschenaultii (Temminck, 1820) | India through Burma to w Thailand | ||
| K. z. zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Sri Lanka | ||
| K. z. orientalis Delacour, 1926 | ne Burma to se China, Indochina and the Malay Pen. | ||
| Tawny Fish Owl | Ketupa flavipes (Hodgson, 1836) | OR : Himalayas to Southeast Asia | |
| Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : Southeast Asia to Java and Borneo | |
| K. k. ketupu (Horsfield, 1821) | ne India through Burma to Vietnam and the Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bangka and Belitung | ||
| K. k. minor Büttikofer, 1896 | Nias I. (w of Sumatra) | ||
| Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli Bonaparte, 1850 | AF : widespread | |
| Rufous Fishing Owl | Scotopelia ussheri Sharpe, 1871 | AF : w | |
| Vermiculated Fishing Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri Sharpe, 1875 | AF : wc | |
| Spotted Wood Owl | Strix seloputo Horsfield, 1821 | OR : Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Philippines | |
| S. s. seloputo Horsfield, 1821 | Burma to s Indochina and the Malay Pen., Java | ||
| S. s. baweana Oberholser, 1917 | Bawean I. (off n Java) | ||
| S. s. wiepkeni (Blasius, W, 1888) | Palawan and Calamian Is. (sw Philippines) | ||
| Mottled Wood Owl | Strix ocellata (Lesson, 1839) | OR : India, Burma | |
| S. o. grisescens Koelz, 1950 | nw and nc India | ||
| S. o. grandis Koelz, 1950 | w India | ||
| S. o. ocellata (Lesson, 1839) | c and s India, sw Burma? | ||
| Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1832 | OR : widespread | |
| S. l. ticehursti Delacour, 1930 | se China, n Indochina | ||
| S. l. caligata (Swinhoe, 1863) | Taiwan, Hainan | ||
| S. l. laotiana Delacour, 1926 | s Laos, c Vietnam | ||
| S. l. newarensis (Hodgson, 1836) | n India, Nepal, Bangladesh | ||
| S. l. indranee Sykes, 1832 | c and s India | ||
| S. l. ochrogenys (Hume, 1873) | Sri Lanka | ||
| S. l. maingayi (Hume, 1878) | Malay Pen. | ||
| S. l. myrtha (Bonaparte, 1850) | Sumatra | ||
| S. l. nyctiphasma Oberholser, 1924 | Banyak I. (off w Sumatra) | ||
| S. l. niasensis (Salvadori, 1887) | Nias I. (off w Sumatra) | ||
| S. l. chaseni Hoogerwerf & deBoer, 1947 | Belitung I. (off se Sumatra) | ||
| S. l. leptogrammica Temminck, 1832 | c and s Borneo | ||
| S. l. vaga Mayr, 1938 | n Borneo | ||
| S. l. bartelsi (Finsch, 1906) | Java | ||
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : w Eurasia, n Africa | |
| S. a. aluco Linnaeus, 1758 | n, c and se Europe through the Ukraine and European Russia | ||
| S. a. biddulphi (Scully, 1881) | Pakistan and nw India | ||
| S. a. harmsi (Zarudny, 1911) | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan | ||
| S. a. mauritanica (Witherby, 1905) | nw Africa | ||
| S. a. sanctinicolai (Zarudny, 1905) | ne Iraq and w Iran | ||
| S. a. siberiae Dementiev, 1934 | Ural Mts. to w Siberia | ||
| S. a. sylvatica Shaw, 1809 | w and s Europe, w Turkey | ||
| S. a. willkonskii (Menzbier, 1896) | ne Turkey and nw Iran to Turkmenistan | ||
| Himalayan Owl | Strix nivicolum (Blyth, 1845) | EU : Himalayas to e Asia. | AS : Strix nivicolum is split from S. aluco (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005). |
| S. n. nivicolum (Blyth, 1845) | ne India and Nepal to se China, Burma and Vietnam | ||
| S. n. yamadae Yamashina, 1936 | s Taiwan | ||
| S. n. ma (Clark, AH, 1907) | ne China and Korea | ||
| Hume's Owl | Strix butleri (Hume, 1878) | EU : sw | |
| Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis (Xántus de Vésey, 1860) | NA, MA : w | |
| S. o. caurina (Merriam, 1898) | s British Columbia (Canada) to n California (USA) | ||
| S. o. occidentalis (Xántus de Vésey, 1860) | s California (USA), n Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| S. o. lucida (Nelson, 1903) | sw USA to c Mexico | ||
| S. o. juanaphillipsae Dickerman, 1997 | c Mexico | ||
| Northern Barred Owl | Strix varia Barton, 1799 | NA : se Alaska and s Canada through se, sc USA | |
| S. v. varia Barton, 1799 | se Alaska and s Canada through the northern half of the USA | ||
| S. v. georgica Latham, 1802 | se USA | ||
| S. v. helveola (Bangs, 1899) | sc Texas (sc USA) | ||
| Mexican Barred Owl | Strix sartorii (Ridgway, 1874) | MA : c Mexico | AS,, ENG : Mexican Barred Owl Strix sartorii is split from (Northern) Barred Owl S.varia (Barrowclough et al 2011); Change English name to Cinereous Owl to stet Barred Owl (Howell comm) |
| Fulvous Owl | Strix fulvescens (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | MA : s Mexico to El Salvador | |
| Rusty-barred Owl | Strix hylophila Temminck, 1825 | SA : se | |
| Chaco Owl | Strix chacoensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921 | SA : sc | |
| Rufous-legged Owl | Strix rufipes King, 1827 | SA : c Chile to Tierra del Fuego | |
| S. r. sanborni Wheeler, 1938 | Chiloe I. (Chile) | ||
| S. r. rufipes King, 1827 | s Chile, s Argentina | ||
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis Pallas, 1771 | EU : widespread | |
| S. u. macroura Wolf, 1810 | c and se Europe | ||
| S. u. liturata Lindroth, 1788 | n Poland and Scandinavia to nw Russia | ||
| S. u. uralensis Pallas, 1771 | e European Russia to w Siberia | ||
| S. u. yenisseensis Buturlin, 1915 | c Siberic and ne Siberia to nw Mongolian plateau | ||
| S. u. daurica Stegmann, 1929 | sc Siberia and ne Mongolia to w and n Amurland (se Siberia) and w and n Manchuria (ne China) | ||
| S. u. nikolskii (Buturlin, 1907) | e Amurland (se Siberia), Sakhalin I., ne China and Korea | ||
| S. u. japonica (Clark, AH, 1907) | s Kuril Is., Hokkaido (Japan) | ||
| S. u. hondoensis (Clark, AH, 1907) | n Honshu (Japan) | ||
| S. u. momiyamae Taka-Tsukasa, 1931 | c Honshu (Japan) | ||
| S. u. fuscescens Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | w and s Honshu (Japan) | ||
| Pere David's Owl | Strix davidi (Sharpe, 1875) | EU : c China | |
| Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa Forster, JR, 1772 | NA, EU : n | |
| S. n. nebulosa Forster, JR, 1772 | n North America | ||
| S. n. lapponica Thunberg, 1798 | n Europe, n Asia | ||
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : widespread | |
| S. w. umbrina (Heuglin, 1863) | se Sudan, Ethiopia | ||
| S. w. nigricantior (Sharpe, 1897) | s Somalia to Tanzania and e DR Congo | ||
| S. w. nuchalis (Sharpe, 1870) | Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan south to n Angola, c DR Congo and Uganda | ||
| S. w. woodfordii (Smith, A, 1834) | s Angola and DR Congo to sw Tanzania and South Africa | ||
| Mottled Owl | Strix virgata (Cassin, 1849) | LA : widespread | |
| S. v. squamulata (Bonaparte, 1850) | w Mexico | ||
| S. v. tamaulipensis Phillips, JC, 1911 | ne Mexico | ||
| S. v. centralis (Griscom, 1929) | s Mexico to w Panama | ||
| S. v. virgata (Cassin, 1849) | e Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad | ||
| S. v. macconnelli (Chubb, 1916) | the Guianas | ||
| S. v. superciliaris (Pelzeln, 1863) | nc and ne Brazil | ||
| S. v. borelliana (Bertoni, W, 1901) | s Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina | ||
| Rufous-banded Owl | Strix albitarsis (Bonaparte, 1850) | SA : Venezuela to Bolivia | |
| S. a. albitarsis (Bonaparte, 1850) | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela | ||
| S. a. opaca (Peters, JL, 1943) | c Peru | ||
| S. a. tertia (Todd, 1947) | Bolivia | ||
| Black-and-white Owl | Strix nigrolineata (Sclater, PL, 1859) | LA : c Mexico to Venezuela and Peru | |
| Black-banded Owl | Strix huhula Daudin, 1800 | SA : widespread | |
| S. h. huhula Daudin, 1800 | Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to e Peru, e Bolivia, nw Argentina and ec Brazil | ||
| S. h. albomarginata (von Spix, 1824) | se Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina | ||
| Maned Owl | Jubula lettii (Büttikofer, 1889) | AF : c, w | |
| Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata (Daudin, 1800) | LA : s Mexico through Amazonia | |
| L. c. stricklandi Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1859 | s Mexico to w Panama and w Colombia | ||
| L. c. wedeli Griscom, 1932 | e Panama, n Colombia, nw Venezuela | ||
| L. c. cristata (Daudin, 1800) | Amazonia | ||
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790) | LA : s Mexico to ne Argentina | TAX : Pulsatrix perspicillata includes ssp magellanicus and pulsatrix |
| P. p. saturata Ridgway, 1914 | s Mexico to w Panama | ||
| P. p. chapmani Griscom, 1932 | e Costa Rica to nw Peru | ||
| P. p. perspicillata (Latham, 1790) | e Colombia through the Guianas, Amazonia | ||
| P. p. trinitatis Bangs & Penard, TE, 1918 | Trinidad | ||
| P. p. boliviana Kelso, L, 1933 | s Bolivia, n Argentina | ||
| P. p. pulsatrix (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | Paraguay, e Brazil, ne Argentina | ||
| Tawny-browed Owl | Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana (Bertoni, M & Bertoni, W, 1901) | SA : se | |
| Band-bellied Owl | Pulsatrix melanota (Tschudi, 1844) | SA : se Colombia to Bolivia | |
| P. m. melanota (Tschudi, 1844) | e Ecuador to se Peru | ||
| P. m. philoscia Todd, 1947 | w Bolivia | ||
| Northern Hawk-Owl | Surnia ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | |
| S. u. tianschanica Smallbones, 1906 | c Asia to n China and n Mongolia | ||
| S. u. ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) | n Eurasia | ||
| S. u. caparoch (Statius Müller, 1776) | n North America | ||
| Eurasian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium passerinum (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | |
| G. p. passerinum (Linnaeus, 1758) | c and n Europe to sw Siberia | ||
| G. p. orientale Taczanowski, 1891 | c and e Siberia, Mongolia and ne China | ||
| Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei (Burton, 1836) | OR : widespread | |
| G. b. brodiei (Burton, 1836) | Himalayas to s China south through Indochina and the Malay Pen. | ||
| G. b. sylvaticum (Bonaparte, 1850) | Sumatra | ||
| G. b. borneense Sharpe, 1893 | Borneo | ||
| G. b. pardalotum (Swinhoe, 1863) | Taiwan | ||
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum (Vieillot, 1817) | AF : widespread | |
| G. p. perlatum (Vieillot, 1817) | Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan | ||
| G. p. licua (Lichtenstein, 1842) | e Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa, Namibia and Angola | ||
| Northern Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium californicum Sclater, PL, 1857 | NA : w NA from se Alaska to s Baja | |
| G. c. grinnelli Ridgway, 1914 | se Alaska to n California | ||
| G. c. swarthi Grinnell, 1913 | Vancouver I. (Canada) | ||
| G. c. californicum Sclater, PL, 1857 | c British Columbia (Canada) to sw USA | ||
| G. c. pinicola Nelson, 1910 | Rocky Mts. (wc USA), n Mexico | ||
| Mountain Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium gnoma Wagler, 1832 | NA, MA : Baja California, se Arizona to c Mexico | AS : Split of Glaucidium gnoma and G.californicum (Howell and Webb 1995, König et al. 1999, BLI, but not AOU 2009) |
| G. g. hoskinsii Brewster, 1888 | Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| G. g. gnoma Wagler, 1832 | sw Arizona (USA) to c Mexico | ||
| Guatemalan Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium cobanense Sharpe, 1875 | MA : s Mexico to Guatemala and Honduras | AS : Split Glaucidium cobanense from G. gnoma (Holt et al 1999 [HBW 5], König & Weick 2008, Howell & Eisermann 2011, Eisermann & Howell in press) |
| Costa Rican Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum Kelso, L, 1937 | MA : Costa Rica, Panama | |
| Andean Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium jardinii (Bonaparte, 1855) | SA : w Venezuela to c Peru | |
| Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium nubicola Robbins & Stiles, 1999 | SA : Colombia and Ecuador | |
| Yungas Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium bolivianum König, C, 1991 | SA : Peru to nw Argentina | |
| Colima Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium palmarum Nelson, 1901 | MA : w Mexico | |
| G. p. oberholseri Moore, RT, 1937 | Sonora to Sinaloa (nw Mexico) | ||
| G. p. palmarum Nelson, 1901 | Nayarit to Oaxaca (w Mexico) | ||
| G. p. griscomi Moore, RT, 1947 | Morelos and Guerrero (sw Mexico) | ||
| Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium sanchezi Lowery & Newman, RJ, 1949 | MA : ne Mexico | |
| Pernambuco Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium mooreorum Silva, Coelho & Gonzaga, 2003 | SA : e Brazil | |
| Central American Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium griseiceps Sharpe, 1875 | MA : s Mexico to Panama | |
| G. g. occultum Moore, RT, 1947 | se Mexico | ||
| G. g. griseiceps Sharpe, 1875 | Guatemala, Belize and Honduras | ||
| G. g. rarum Griscom, 1931 | Costa Rica and Panama | ||
| Subtropical Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium parkeri Robbins & Howell, SNG, 1995 | SA : Ecuador to Bolivia | |
| Amazonian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium hardyi Vielliard, 1989 | SA : Amazonia | |
| East Brazilian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium minutissimum (Wied-Neuwied, 1830) | SA : e, se | |
| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | LA : widespread | TAX : Glaucidium brasilianum includes subspecies tucumanum, which may deserve recognition; SACC needs proposal |
| G. b. cactorum van Rossem, 1937 | s Arizona (USA) to Sonora to Oaxaca (w Mexico) | ||
| G. b. ridgwayi Sharpe, 1875 | s Texas (sc USA) to w Panama | ||
| G. b. medianum Todd, 1916 | n Colombia | ||
| G. b. margaritae Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1951 | Margarita I. (off Venezuela) | ||
| G. b. phaloenoides (Daudin, 1800) | Trinidad | ||
| G. b. duidae Chapman, 1929 | Mt. Duida (s Venezuela) | ||
| G. b. olivaceum Chapman, 1939 | Mt. Auyun-Tepui (s Venezuela) | ||
| G. b. ucayalae Chapman, 1929 | Amazonia | ||
| G. b. brasilianum (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | e Brazil to ne Argentina | ||
| G. b. pallens Brodkorb, 1938 | e Bolivia, w Paraguay, n Argentina | ||
| G. b. stranecki König, C & Wink, 1995 | c Argentina to s Uruguay | ||
| G. b. tucumanum Chapman, 1922 | w Argentina | ||
| Pacific Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium peruanum König, C, 1991 | SA : w Ecuador, Peru | |
| Austral Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium nana (King, 1827) | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Cuban Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium siju (d'Orbigny, 1839) | NA : Cuba | |
| G. s. siju (d'Orbigny, 1839) | Cuba | ||
| G. s. turquinensis Garrido, 2002 | Pico Turquino, Santiago de Cuba (se Cuba) | ||
| G. s. vittatum Ridgway, 1914 | Isle of Pines | ||
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum Sharpe, 1875 | AF : w, c | |
| G. t. tephronotum Sharpe, 1875 | Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana | ||
| G. t. pycrafti Bates, 1911 | Cameroon | ||
| G. t. medje Chapin, 1932 | Gabon and DR Congo to sw Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi | ||
| G. t. elgonense Granvik, 1934 | e Uganda, w Kenya | ||
| Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet | Glaucidium sjostedti Reichenow, 1893 | AF : wc | |
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors, 1830) | OR : Himalayas to Southeast Asia | |
| G. c. cuculoides (Vigors, 1830) | w and c Himalayas | ||
| G. c. austerum Ripley, 1948 | ne India, Bhutan and nw Burma | ||
| G. c. rufescens Baker, ECS, 1926 | ne India, Bangladesh, n Burma and s Hunnan (s China) | ||
| G. c. whiteleyi (Blyth, 1867) | s China to ne Vietnam | ||
| G. c. persimile Hartert, 1910 | Hainan (off s China) | ||
| G. c. delacouri Ripley, 1948 | ne Laos, nw and c Vietnam | ||
| G. c. deignani Ripley, 1948 | se Thailand, s Vietnam, Cambodia | ||
| G. c. bruegeli (Parrot, 1908) | se Burma, Thailand (except se) | ||
| Javan Owlet | Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : Java | |
| Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum (Tickell, 1833) | OR : India | |
| G. r. radiatum (Tickell, 1833) | Himalayas to w Burma, s India and Sri Lanka | ||
| G. r. malabaricum (Blyth, 1846) | sw India | ||
| Chestnut-backed Owlet | Glaucidium castanotum (Blyth, 1850) | OR : Sri Lanka | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : se, sc,w | |
| G. c. etchecopari Érard & Roux, F, 1983 | Liberia, Ivory Coast | ||
| G. c. castaneum Reichenow, 1893 | ne DR Congo, sw Uganda | ||
| G. c. scheffleri Neumann, 1911 | s Somalia, e Kenya and ne Tanzania | ||
| G. c. ngamiense (Roberts, 1932) | se DR Congo and w Tanzania to Angola, Botswana and Mozambique | ||
| G. c. capense (Smith, A, 1834) | s Mozambique to South Africa | ||
| Albertine Owlet | Glaucidium albertinum Prigogine, 1983 | AF : ne Congo, n Rwanda. | AS : Glaucidium albertinum is split from G.capense (König et al. 1999); BLI recognizes |
| Long-whiskered Owlet | Xenoglaux loweryi O'Neill & Graves, GR, 1977 | SA : n Peru | |
| Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi (Cooper, JG, 1861) | NA, MA : sw USA to c Mexico | |
| M. w. whitneyi (Cooper, JG, 1861) | sw USA, nw Mexico | ||
| M. w. idonea (Ridgway, 1914) | s Texas (USA) to c Mexico | ||
| M. w. sanfordi (Ridgway, 1914) | s Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| M. w. graysoni † Ridgway, 1886 | Sorocco I. (off w Mexico) | ||
| Little Owl | Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) | EU, AF : widespread EU; n, ne AF | |
| A. n. vidalii Brehm, AE, 1857 | w Europe | ||
| A. n. noctua (Scopoli, 1769) | c, s and se Europe to nw Russia | ||
| A. n. indigena Brehm, CL, 1855 | Romania to Greece through Ukraine and Turkey east to s Russia | ||
| A. n. lilith Hartert, 1913 | Cyprus, s Turkey to Iraq and the Sinai (Egypt) | ||
| A. n. bactriana Blyth, 1847 | Iraq and Azerbaijan to Pakistan and nw India | ||
| A. n. orientalis Severtsov, 1873 | ne Kazakhstan, nw China | ||
| A. n. ludlowi Baker, ECS, 1926 | Himalayas | ||
| A. n. impasta Bangs & Peters, JL, 1928 | wc China | ||
| A. n. plumipes Swinhoe, 1870 | Mongolia, sc Siberia and ne China | ||
| A. n. glaux (Savigny, 1809) | coastal n Africa to sw Israel | ||
| A. n. saharae (Kleinschmidt, O, 1909) | Morocco to w Egypt, c Arabia | ||
| A. n. spilogastra (Heuglin, 1869) | e Sudan, Eritrea and ne Ethiopia | ||
| A. n. somaliensis Reichenow, 1905 | e Ethiopia and Somalia | ||
| Spotted Owlet | Athene brama (Temminck, 1821) | OR, EU : s Iran to Southeast Asia | |
| A. b. indica (Franklin, 1831) | Iran to n and c India, Bhutan and Bangladesh | ||
| A. b. ultra Ripley, 1948 | Assam (ne India) | ||
| A. b. brama (Temminck, 1821) | s India | ||
| A. b. pulchra Hume, 1873 | Burma, s China | ||
| A. b. mayri Deignan, 1941 | Thailand, s Laos, Cambodia and s Vietnam | ||
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) | NA, LA : widespread | |
| A. c. hypugaea (Bonaparte, 1825) | sw Canada to w Mexico | ||
| A. c. rostrata (Townsend, CH, 1890) | Clarion I. (off w Mexico) | ||
| A. c. floridana (Ridgway, 1874) | c and s Florida (USA), Bahama Is. | ||
| A. c. amaura † (Lawrence, 1878) | Antigua, Nevis (Lesser Antilles) | ||
| A. c. guadeloupensis † (Ridgway, 1874) | Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles) | ||
| A. c. guantanamensis (Garrido, 2001) | Cuba | ||
| A. c. troglodytes (Wetmore & Swales, 1931) | Hispaniola, Gonáve and Beata Is. | ||
| A. c. arubensis (Cory, 1915) | Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) | ||
| A. c. brachyptera (Richmond, 1896) | Margarita I. (off Venezuela) | ||
| A. c. apurensis (Gilliard, 1940) | nc Venezuela | ||
| A. c. minor (Cory, 1918) | s Guyana, n Brazil | ||
| A. c. carrikeri (Stone, 1922) | e Colombia | ||
| A. c. tolimae (Stone, 1899) | w Colombia | ||
| A. c. pichinchae (von Boetticher, 1929) | w Ecuador | ||
| A. c. punensis (Chapman, 1914) | sw Ecuador, nw Peru | ||
| A. c. intermedia (Cory, 1915) | w Peru | ||
| A. c. nanodes (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1892) | sw Peru | ||
| A. c. juninensis (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) | sc Peru to w Bolivia and nw Argentina | ||
| A. c. boliviana (Kelso, L, 1939) | Bolivia | ||
| A. c. grallaria (Temminck, 1822) | e and c Brazil | ||
| A. c. cunicularia (Molina, 1782) | s Bolivia, Paraguay and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego | ||
| A. c. partridgei Olrog, 1976 | Corrientes Prov. (n Argentina) | ||
| Forest Owlet | Heteroglaux blewitti Hume, 1873 | OR : c India | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | |
| A. f. richardsoni (Bonaparte, 1838) | Alaska, n Canada and n USA | ||
| A. f. funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) | n, c and se Europe to the Ural Mts. (Russia) | ||
| A. f. magnus (Buturlin, 1907) | ne Siberia | ||
| A. f. sibiricus (Buturlin, 1910) | se Siberia, ne China | ||
| A. f. pallens (Schalow, 1908) | w and s Siberia | ||
| A. f. caucasicus (Buturlin, 1907) | n Caucasus Mts. (Russia) | ||
| A. f. beickianus Stresemann, 1928 | nw India, sw China | ||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | NA : widespread, also c Mexico | |
| A. a. acadicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | s Alaska, Canada, n and sw USA, n Mexico | ||
| A. a. brooksi (Fleming, JH, 1916) | Queen Charlotte Is. (off British Columbia, Canada) | ||
| Bermuda Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius gradyi † Olson 2012 | NA : Bermuda | EXT : Recently described from subfossil bones. Survived into the historic period |
| Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905) | MA : s Mexico to Panama | |
| A. r. tacanensis Moore, RT, 1947 | s Mexico | ||
| A. r. rostratus (Griscom, 1930) | Guatemala to El Salvador | ||
| A. r. ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905) | Costa Rica and w Panama | ||
| Buff-fronted Owl | Aegolius harrisii (Cassin, 1849) | SA : e, c | |
| A. h. harrisii (Cassin, 1849) | Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru | ||
| A. h. iheringi (Sharpe, 1899) | Paraguay, se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina | ||
| A. h. dabbenei Olrog, 1979 | w Bolivia, nw Argentina | ||
| Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa (Gould, 1846) | AU : New Guinea, n Australia | ENG : Restore traditional name Rufous Owl |
| N. r. humeralis (Bonaparte, 1850) | New Guinea, Waigeo I. | ||
| N. r. aruensis (Schlegel, 1866) | Aru Is. | ||
| N. r. rufa (Gould, 1846) | nw Australia | ||
| N. r. meesi Mason & Schodde, 1980 | Cape York Pen. (ne Australia) | ||
| N. r. queenslandica Mathews, 1911 | e Queensland ( e Australia) | ||
| Togian Boobook | Ninox burhani Indrawan & Somadikarta, 2004 | AU : Togian Islands | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua (Gould, 1838) | AU : e Australia | ENG : Restore traditional name Powerful Owl |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens (Latham, 1802) | AU : Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia | ENG : Restore traditional name Barking Owl |
| N. c. rufostrigata (Gray, GR, 1861) | n Moluccas | ||
| N. c. assimilis Salvadori & d'Albertis, 1875 | e New Guinea, Manam, Karkar and Daru Is. | ||
| N. c. peninsularis Salvadori, 1876 | n Australia | ||
| N. c. connivens (Latham, 1802) | sw, e and se Australia | ||
| Sumba Boobook | Ninox rudolfi Meyer, AB, 1882 | AU : Sumba | |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook (Latham, 1802) | AU : Lesser Sundas, s New Guinea, Australia | TAX : STET: Contrary to Version 1.6, Ninox boobook is not conspecific with N. novaeseelandiae as suggested by Christidis and Boles (2008)(R.Schodde in litt.) |
| N. b. rotiensis Johnstone, RE & Darnell, JC, 1997 | Roti I. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| N. b. fusca (Vieillot, 1817) | Timor I. (e Lesser Sundas) | ||
| N. b. plesseni Stresemann, 1929 | Alor I. ( n of Timor) | ||
| N. b. moae Mayr, 1943 | Moa, Leti and Romang Is. (e of Timor) | ||
| N. b. cinnamomina Hartert, 1906 | Babar I. (e of Timor) | ||
| N. b. remigialis Stresemann, 1930 | Kai Is. (off sw New Guinea) | ||
| N. b. pusilla Mayr & Rand, 1935 | s New Guinea | ||
| N. b. ocellata (Bonaparte, 1850) | Sawu I. (Lesser Sundas) and Australia (except e coast) | ||
| N. b. halmaturina Mathews, 1912 | Kangaroo I. (off s Australia) | ||
| N. b. lurida De Vis, 1887 | ne Queensland (ne Australia) | ||
| N. b. boobook (Latham, 1802) | e to sc Australia | ||
| Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | AU : Tasmania, New Zealand | ENG : Revert to Version 1.5, retaining Morepork for English name of Ninox novaeseelandiae |
| N. n. leucopsis (Gould, 1838) | Tasmania | ||
| N. n. novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | New Zealand | ||
| N. n. undulata (Latham, 1802) | Norfolk I. (n of New Zealand) | ||
| N. n. albaria † Ramsay, EP, 1888 | Lord Howe I. | ||
| Brown Hawk-Owl | Ninox scutulata (Raffles, 1822) | OR, EU : e Asia through Orient | |
| N. s. lugubris (Tickell, 1833) | n, ne and c India, Nepal | ||
| N. s. burmanica Hume, 1876 | ne India to s China, Indochina and Thailand | ||
| N. s. hirsuta (Temminck, 1824) | s India, Sri Lanka | ||
| N. s. scutulata (Raffles, 1822) | Malay Pen., Riau Arch., Sumatra and Bangka I. | ||
| N. s. javanensis Stresemann, 1928 | w Java | ||
| N. s. borneensis (Bonaparte, 1850) | Borneo, n Natuna Is. | ||
| N. s. palawanensis Ripley & Rabor, 1962 | Palawan (sw Philippines) | ||
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | OR : Russian Far East to Korea, Japan; Taiwan | AS : Ninox japonica, including florensis and totogo is split from N.scutulata (King 2002) |
| N. j. florensis (Wallace, 1864) | se Siberia, ne and e China and n Korea | ||
| N. j. japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | s Korea and Japan | ||
| N. j. totogo Momiyama, 1931 | Ryukyu Is. (Japan), Taiwan | ||
| Chocolate Boobook | Ninox randi Deignan, 1951 | OR : Philippines, except Palawan | AS : Ninox randi is split from N.scutulata (King 2002) |
| Hume's Hawk-Owl | Ninox obscura Hume, 1872 | OR : Andaman Is. | AS : Ninox obscura is split from N. scutulata (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005). |
| Andaman Hawk-Owl | Ninox affinis Beavan, 1867 | OR : Andaman Is | |
| N. a. affinis Beavan, 1867 | Andaman Is. | ||
| N. a. isolata Baker, ECS, 1926 | Car Nicobar I. | ||
| N. a. rexpimenti Abdulali, 1979 | Great Nicobar I. | ||
| White-browed Hawk-Owl | Ninox superciliaris (Vieillot, 1817) | AF : Madagascar | TAX : Transfer Ninox superciliaris to Athene (Fuchs et al 2008) |
| Luzon Hawk-Owl | Ninox philippensis Bonaparte, 1855 | OR : Philippines | TAX, ENG : Revisions of the Philippine Hawk-Owl species complex follow Rasmussen et al 2012; CHANGE English name of Ninox philippensis to Luzon Hawk-Owl |
| N. p. philippensis Bonaparte, 1855 | Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Samar, Polillo and Catanduanes Is. (c and n Philippines) | TAX : N.p.philippensis includes ssp proxima (Rasmussen et al 2012) | |
| N. p. ticaoensis duPont, 1972 | Ticao I. (c Philippines) | TAX : Validity of N.p.ticaoensis questiionable (Rasmussen et al 2012) | |
| N. p. centralis Mayr, 1945 | Siquijor Is. (c Philippines) | ||
| Mindanao Hawk-Owl |
Ninox spilocephala Tweeddale, 1879 |
OR : Basilan, Mindanao, Siargao and Dinagat Is. (s Philippines) | AS : Mindanao Hawk-Owl is split from Philippine Hawk-Owl (Rasmussen et al 2012) |
| Mindoro Hawk-Owl | Ninox mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 | OR : Mindoro (wc Philippines) | AS : Mindoro Hawk-Owl is split from Philippine Hawk-Owl (Rasmussen et al 2012) |
| Romblon Hawk-Owl | Ninox spilonota Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | OR : Sibuyan, Tablas Is. (c Philippines) | AS : Romblon Hawk-Owl is split from Philippine Hawk-Owl (Rasmussen et al 2012) |
| N. p. spilonota Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | Sibuyan (c Philippines) | ||
|
N. p. fischeri Rasmussen et al 2012 |
Tablas (c Philippines) | TAX : Newly described subspecies (Rasmussen et al 2012) | |
| Cebu Hawk-Owl | Ninox rumseyi Rasmussen et al 2012 | OR : Cebu (w Philippines) | NEW : Rasmussen et al 2012 |
| Camiguin Hawk-Owl | Ninox leventisi Rasmussen et al 2012 | OR : Camiguin Sur (c Philippines) | NEW : Rasmussen et al 2012 |
| Sulu Hawk-Owl | Ninox reyi Oustalet, 1880 | OR : Sulu Arch. | AS : Sulu Hawk-Owl is split from Philippine Hawk-Owl (Rasmussen et al 2012) |
| Ochre-bellied Boobook | Ninox ochracea (Schlegel, 1866) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Cinnabar Boobook | Ninox ios Rasmussen, 1999 | AU : n Sulawesi | |
| Hantu Boobook | Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) | AU : Buru Is, Seram Is. | ENG : Change English name of Ninox squamipila from Moluccan Boobook to Hantu Boobook with split of N. hypogramma and N. forbesi |
| N. s. hantu (Wallace, 1863) | Buru I. (s Moluccas) | ||
| N. s. squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) | Seram I. (s Moluccas) | ||
| Halmahera Boobook | Ninox hypogramma (Gray, GR, 1861) | AU : n Moluccas | AS : Ninox hypogramma is split from N. squamipila (Norman et al. 1998, Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007) |
| Tanimbar Boobook | Ninox forbesi Sclater, PL, 1883 | AU : Tanimbar Is. | AS : Ninox forbesi is split from N. squamipila (Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007) |
| Christmas Boobook | Ninox natalis Lister, 1889 | IO : Christmas Island | |
| Papuan Boobook | Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855) | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Ninox theomacha to Papuan Boobook (Gregory 2009) |
| N. t. hoedtii (Schlegel, 1871) | Waigeo and Misool Is. (off w New Guinea) | ||
| N. t. goldii Gurney, 1883 | D'Entrecasteaux Arch. | ||
| N. t. theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855) | New Guinea | ||
| N. t. rosseliana Tristram, 1889 | Louisiade Arch. | ||
| Manus Boobook | Ninox meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 | AU : Admiralty Islands | |
| Speckled Boobook | Ninox punctulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| New Ireland Boobook | Ninox variegata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | AU : Bismarck Archipelago | ENG : Change English name of Ninox variegata to New Ireland Boobook (Gregory 2009) |
| N. v. superior Hartert, 1925 | New Hanover | ||
| N. v. variegata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | New Ireland and New Britain | ||
| New Britain Boobook | Ninox odiosa Sclater, PL, 1877 | AU : Bismarck Archipelago | ENG : Change English name of Ninox odiosa to New Britain Boobook (Gregory 2009) |
| Solomons Boobook | Ninox jacquinoti (Bonaparte, 1850) | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| N. j. eichhorni (Hartert, 1929) | Buka, Bougainville and Chiseul Is. (n Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. mono Mayr, 1935 | Mono I. (nw Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. jacquinoti (Bonaparte, 1850) | Santa Isabel and San Jorge Is. (c Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. floridae Mayr, 1935 | Florida Is. (c Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. granti Sharpe, 1888 | Guadalcanal (s Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. malaitae Mayr, 1931 | Malaita I. (s Solomon Is.) | ||
| N. j. roseoaxillaris (Hartert, 1929) | Bauro and San Cristóbol Is. (s Solomon Is.) | ||
| Little Sumba Hawk-Owl | Ninox sumbaensis Olsen, Wink, Sauer-Gürth & Trost, 2002 | AU : Sumba | |
| Papuan Hawk-Owl | Uroglaux dimorpha (Salvadori, 1874) | AU : New Guinea | |
| Laughing Owl | Sceloglaux albifacies † (Gray, GR, 1844) |
AU : New Zealand | EXTINCT : |
| S. a. rufifacies † Buller, 1904 | North Island, NZ | ||
| S. a. albifacies † (Gray, GR, 1844) | South Island, NZ | ||
| Jamaican Owl | Pseudoscops grammicus (Gosse, 1847) | NA : Jamaica | |
| Striped Owl | Pseudoscops clamator (Vieillot, 1808) | LA : widespread | |
| P. c. forbesi (Lowery & Dalquest, 1951) | s Mexico to Panama | ||
| P. c. clamator (Vieillot, 1808) | Colombia and Venezuela to e Peru and c and ne Brazil | ||
| P. c. oberi (Kelso, EH, 1936) | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| P. c. midas (Schlegel, 1862) | e Bolivia to Paraguay, s Brazil, Uruguay and n Argentina | ||
| Fearful Owl | Nesasio solomonensis (Hartert, 1901) | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| Stygian Owl | Asio stygius (Wagler, 1832) | LA : widespread | |
| A. s. lambi Moore, RT, 1937 | nw Mexico | ||
| A. s. robustus Kelso, L, 1934 | e Mexico to Nicaraugua | ||
| A. s. siguapa (d'Orbigny, 1839) | Cuba, Isle of Pines | ||
| A. s. noctipetens Riley, 1916 | Hispaniola, Gonáve I. | ||
| A. s. stygius (Wagler, 1832) | Colombia and Venezuela to e Bolivia and c and s Brazil | ||
| A. s. barberoi Bertoni, W, 1930 | Paraguay, n Argentina | ||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, MA, EU : widespread | |
| A. o. otus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe, Asia and n Africa | ||
| A. o. canariensis Madarász, 1901 | Canary Is. | ||
| A. o. tuftsi Godfrey, 1948 | w Canada to n Mexico | ||
| A. o. wilsonianus (Lesson, 1830) | sc and se Canada to sc and e USA | ||
| Abyssinian Owl | Asio abyssinicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) | AF : e | |
| A. a. abyssinicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) | Eritrea and Ethiopia | ||
| A. a. graueri Sassi, 1912 | c Kenya to e DR Congo | ||
| Madagascar Owl | Asio madagascariensis (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | Worldwide : widespread except AU | |
| A. f. flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | North America, Europe, n Africa and n Asia | ||
| A. f. cubensis Garrido, 2007 | Cuba | ||
| A. f. domingensis (Statius Müller, 1776) | Hispaniola | ||
| A. f. portoricensis Ridgway, 1882 | Puerto Rico | ||
| A. f. bogotensis Chapman, 1915 | Colombia, Ecuador and nw Peru | ||
| A. f. galapagoensis (Gould, 1837) | Galapagos Is. | ||
| A. f. pallidicaudus Friedmann, 1949 | Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname | ||
| A. f. suinda (Vieillot, 1817) | s Peru and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego | ||
| A. f. sanfordi Bangs, 1919 | Falkland Is. | ||
| A. f. sandwichensis (Bloxam, A, 1827) | Hawaiian Is. | ||
| A. f. ponapensis Mayr, 1933 | e Caroline Is. | ||
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : widespread | |
| A. c. tingitanus (Loche, 1867) | n Morocco | ||
| A. c. capensis (Smith, A, 1834) | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia south to South Africa | ||
| A. c. hova Stresemann, 1922 | Madagascar |