Owls of the World - a list by name

This list of Scientific & Common names basically follows the Information by Claus König, Friedhelm Weick, and Jan-Hendrik Becking in their Book "Owls, A Guide to the Owls of the World". I have, however, chosen to retain some of the commonly accepted species separations such as Ketupa as noted below.

Owls
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata (having a hollow dorsal nervecord and flexible skeletal rod)
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata (having a backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Strigiformes (Owls)
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Family: Tytonidae - Strigidae
Subfamily: Tytoninae - Phodilinae - Buboninae - Striginae
Genus: Tyto - Phodilus - Otus - Gymnoglaux - Mimizuku - Jubula - Lophostrix - Pseudoscops - Bubo - Ketupa - Scotopelia - Nyctea - Pulsatrix - Strix - Glaucidium - Xenoglaux - Micrathene - Athene - Aegolius - Ninox - Uroglaux - Sceloglaux - Surnia - Nesasio - Asio

Family: Tytonidae
Subfamily: Tytoninae (Barn and Grass Owls)
Genus: Tyto

Tyto alba - Barn Owl
Tyto deroepstorffi - Andaman Masked Owl, Andaman Barn Owl
Tyto glaucops - Ashy-faced Barn Owl, Hispaniolan Barn Owl
Tyto soumagnei - Soumagnes Grass Owl, Madagascar Grass Owl, Madagascar Red Owl
Tyto aurantia - New Britain Barn Owl, New Britain Masked Owl
Tyto nigrobrunnea - Sula Island Masked Owl, Taliabu Masked Owl
Tyto longimembris - Eastern Grass Owl
Tyto capensis - Common Grass Owl, African Grass Owl
Tyto sororcula - Lesser Masked Owl
Tyto manusi - Manus Masked Owl
Tyto novaehollandiae - Australian Masked Owl
Tyto castanops - Tasmanian Masked Owl (formerly subspecies of above)
Tyto rosenbergii - Celebes Barn Owl, Sulawesi Masked Owl
Tyto inexspectata - Minahassa Barn Owl, Minahassa Masked Owl
Tyto multipunctata - Lesser Sooty Owl
Tyto tenebricosa - Sooty Owl
Tyto prigoginei - Congo Bay Owl, African Bay Owl, Itombwe Owl
(some list as Phodilinae prigoginei)

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Subfamily: Phodilinae (Bay Owls)
Genus: Phodilus

Phodilus badius - Asian Bay Owl

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Family: Strigidae
Subfamily: Buboninae (Typical Owls)
Genus: Otus (Scops & Screech Owls)

Otus sagittatus - White-fronted Scops Owl
Otus rufescens - Reddish Scops Owl, Rufous Scops Owl
Otus icterorhynchus - Cinnamon Scops Owl, Sandy Scops Owl
Otus ireneae - Sokoke Scops Owl
Otus spilocephalus - Mountain Scops Owl, Spotted Scops Owl
Otus angelinae - Javan Scops Owl
Otus mirus - Mindanao Scops Owl
Otus longicornis - Luzon Scops Owl
Otus mindorensis - Mindoro Scops Owl
Otus alfredi - Flores Scops Owl
Otus hartlaubi - São Thomé Scops Owl
Otus balli - Andaman Scops Owl
Otus rutilus - Madagascar Scops Owl, Malagasy Scops Owl
Otus pauliani - Grand Comoro Scops Owl
Otus capnodes - Anjouan Scops Owl
Otus moheliensis - Mohéli Scops Owl
Otus pembaensis - Pemba Scops Owl
Otus flammeolus - Flammulated Owl
Otus scops - Common Scops Owl, Eurasian Scops Owl
Otus brucei - Pallid Scops Owl, Striated Scops Owl, Bruce's Scops Owl
Otus senegalensis - African Scops Owl
Otus sunia - Oriental Scops Owl
Otus elegans - Ryukyu Scops Owl, Elegant Scops Owl
Otus mantananensis - Mantanani Scops Owl
Otus magicus - Moluccan Scops Owl
Otus beccarii - Biak island Scops Owl, Beccari Scops Owl
Otus insularis - Seychelles Scops Owl, Bare-legged Scops Owl
Otus manadensis - Celebes Scops Owl, Sulawesi Scops Owl, Magic Scops Owl
Otus collari - Sangihe Scops Owl
Otus alius - Nicobar Scops Owl
Otus umbra - Mentaur Scops Owl, Simeulue Scops Owl
Otus enganensis - Enggano Scops Owl
Otus brookii - Rajah's Scops Owl
Otus lempiji - Sunda Scops Owl (formerly grouped with Collared Scops)
Otus lettia - Collared Scops Owl
Otus bakkamoena - Indian Scops Owl (formerly grouped with Collared Scops)
Otus semitorques - Japanese Scops Owl
Otus megalotis - Philipine Scops Owl, Whitehead's Scops Owl
Otus mentawi - Mentawai Scops Owl
Otus fuliginosus - Palawan Scops Owl
Otus silvicola - Lesser Sunda Scops Owl, Wallace's Scops Owl
Otus podarginus (Pyrroglaux podarginus) - Palau Scops Owl
Otus leucotis (Ptilopsis leucotis) - Northern White-faced Scops Owl
Otus granti (Ptilopsis granti) - Southern White-faced Scops Owl (formerly subspecies of above)

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Screech Owls sometimes given Genus "Megascops"
Otus kennicottii - Western Screech Owl
Otus asio - Eastern Screech Owl
Otus lambi - Oaxaca Screech Owl
Otus cooperi - Pacific Screech Owl
Otus trichopsis - Whiskered Screech Owl, Spotted Screech Owl
Otus barbarus - Bearded Screech Owl, Bridled Screech Owl
Otus seductus - Balsas Screech Owl
Otus clarkii - Bare-shanked Screech Owl
Otus choliba - Tropical Screech Owl
Otus koepckeae - Maria Koepcke's Screech Owl
Otus roboratus - Dark-crowned Screech Owl, Peruvian Screech Owl
Otus hoyi - Montane Forest Screech Owl
Otus ingens - Rufescent Screech Owl
Otus marshalli - Cloud Forest Screech Owl
Otus colombianus - Colombian Screech Owl
Otus petersoni - Cinnamon Screech Owl
Otus watsonii - Northern Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
Otus usta - Southern Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
Otus atricapillus (atricapilla) - Black-capped Screech Owl
Otus sanctaecatarina - Long-tufted Screech Owl
Otus vermiculatus - Vermiculated Screech Owl
Otus roraimae - Roraima Screech Owl
Otus guatemalae - Guatemalan Screech Owl
Otus napensis - Rio Napo Screech Owl
Otus nudipes - Puerto Rican Screech Owl
Otus albogularis - White-throated Screech Owl

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Genus: Gymnoglaux

Gymnoglaux lawrencii (Otus lawrencii) - Bare-legged Owl, Cuban Screech Owl

Genus: Mimizuku

Mimizuku gurneyi (Otus gurneyi) - Giant Scops Owl, Lesser Eagle Owl, Mindanao Owl

Genus: Jubula

Jubula lettii - Maned Owl

Genus: Lophostrix

Lophostrix cristata - Crested Owl

Genus: Pseudoscops

Pseudoscops grammicus - Jamaican Owl

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Genus: Bubo (Eagle Owls)

Bubo virginianus - Great Horned Owl
Bubo magellanicus - Magellan Horned Owl
Bubo bubo - Eurasian Eagle Owl
Bubo ascalaphus - Desert Eagle Owl, Pharaoh Eagle Owl
Bubo bengalensis - Indian Eagle Owl, Rock Eagle Owl, Bengal Eagle Owl
Bubo capensis - Cape Eagle Owl
Bubo leucostictus - Sooty Eagle Owl, Akun Eagle Owl
Bubo africanus - Spotted Eagle Owl, African Eagle Owl
Bubo cinerascens - Vermiculated Eagle Owl
Bubo poensis - Fraser's Eagle Owl, Usambara Eagle Owl, Nduk Eagle Owl
Bubo lacteus - Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Milky Eagle Owl, Giant Eagle Owl
Bubo shelleyi - Shelley's Eagle Owl
Bubo sumatrana (sumatranus) - Bared Eagle Owl, Malay Eagle Owl, Oriental Eagle Owl
Bubo nipalensis - Forest Eagle Owl, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
Bubo coromandus - Dusky Eagle Owl
Bubo philippensis - Philippine Eagle Owl

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Genus: Ketupa (Fish Owls - sometimes listed as Bubo & grouped with above)

Ketupa ketupa - Malay Fish Owl, Buffy Fish Owl
Ketupa flavipes - Tawny Fish Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis - Brown Fish Owl
Ketupa blakistoni - Blakiston's Fish Owl

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Genus: Scotopelia (Fishing Owls)

Scotopelia peli - Pel's Fishing Owl
Scotopelia bouvieri - Vermiculated Fishing Owl
Scotopelia ussheri - Rufous Fishing Owl

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Genus: Nyctea

Nyctea scandiaca - Snowy Owl

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Genus: Pulsatrix

Pulsatrix perspicillata - Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix pulsatrix - Short-browed Owl
Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana - Tawny-browed Owl, White-chinned Owl
Pulsatrix melanota - Band-bellied Owl

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Subfamily: Striginae
Genus: Strix (Wood Owls)

Strix seloputo - Spotted Wood Owl
Strix ocellata - Mottled Wood Owl
Strix occidentalis - Spotted Owl
Strix fulvescens - Fulvous Owl, Guatemala Barred Owl
Strix varia - Barred Owl
Strix davidi - David's Wood Owl, Sichuan Wood Owl
Strix uralensis - Ural Owl
Strix nebulosa - Great Gray Owl, Lapland Owl, Lapp Owl
Strix aluco - Eurasian Tawny Owl
Strix butleri - Hume's Tawny Owl, Hume's Owl
Strix leptogrammica - Brown Wood Owl
Strix bartelsi - Bartels' Wood Owl
Strix newarensis - Himalayan Wood Owl
Strix rufipes - Rufous-legged Owl
Strix chacoensis - Chaco Owl
Strix hylophila - Brazilian Owl, Rusty-barred Owl

(Following Species formerly listed as Ciccaba)

Strix virgata - Mottled Owl
Strix nigrolineata - Black and White Owl
Strix huhula - Black-banded Owl
Strix albitarsus (albitarsis) - Rufous-banded Owl
Strix woodfordii - African Wood Owl

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Genus: Glaucidium

Glaucidium passerinum - Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium perlatum - Pearl-spotted Owlet
Glaucidium tephronotum - Red-chested Owlet
Glaucidium californicum (formerly gnoma) - Northern Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium gnoma - Mountain Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium hoskinsii - Cape Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium nubicola - Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium siju - Cuban Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium sanchezi - Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium palmarum - Colima Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium griseiceps - Central American Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium minutissimum - Least Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium hardyi - Amazonian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium mooreorum - Pernambuco Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium parkeri - Subtropical Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium jardinii - Andean Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium bolivianum - Yungas Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium peruanum - Peruvian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium nanum - Austral Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum - Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium ridgwayi (formerly subspecies of above) - Ridgway's Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium tucumanum - Chaco Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium brodiei - Collared Owlet, Collared Pygmy Owl

Species below sometimes given the genus Taenioglaux
Glaucidium radiatum - Barred Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium castanonotum - Chesnut-backed Owlet
Glaucidium sjöstedti - Sjöstedt's Owlet, Splendid Owlet
Glaucidium capense - African Barred Owlet
Glaucidium castaneum - Chesnut Owlet
Glaucidium albertinum - Albertine Owlet, Prigogine's Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides - Cuckoo Owlet, Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium castanopterum - Javan Owlet, Chesnut-winged Owlet, Spadiced Owlet

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Genus: Xenoglaux

Xenoglaux loweryi - Long-whiskered Owlet

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Genus: Micrathene

Micrathene whitneyi - Elf Owl

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Genus: Athene

Athene noctua - Little Owl
Athene brama - Spotted Owlet, Spotted Little Owl
Athene blewitti (Heteroglaux blewitti) - Forest Spotted Owlet, Blewitt's Owl
Athene cunicularia (formerly Speotyto cunicularia) - Burrowing Owl

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Genus: Aegolius (Forest Owls)

Aegolius funereus - Boreal Owl, Tengmalm's Owl
Aegolius acadius - Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius ridgwayi - Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius harrisii - Buff-fronted Owl

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Genus: Ninox (Southern Hawk Owls)

Ninox rufa - Rufous Owl
Ninox strenua - Powerful Owl, Great Hawk Owl
Ninox connivens - Barking Owl, Winking Owl
Ninox novaeseelandiae - Morepork, New Zealand Boobook Owl
Ninox boobook (novaeseelandiae) - Boobook Owl, Spotted Hawk Owl
Ninox sumbaensis - Little Sumba Hawk Owl
Ninox rudolfi - Sumba Boobook Owl
Ninox scutulata - Oriental Hawk Owl, Brown Hawk Owl
Ninox affinis - Andaman Hawk Owl
Ninox superciliaris - Madagascar Hawk Owl, White-browed Hawk Owl
Ninox philippensis - Philippine Hawk Owl
Ninox mindorensis (Ninox plateni) - Mindoro Hawk Owl
Ninox ochracea (Ninox perversa) - Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl, Ochre-bellied Boobook
Ninox ios - Cinnabar Hawk Owl
Ninox jacquinota - Solomon Islands Hawk Owl
Ninox theomacha - Sooty-backed Hawk Owl, Jungle Hawk Owl, Chesnut Hawk Owl, Brown Owl
Ninox punctulata - Speckled Hawk Owl
Ninox odiosa - New Britain Hawk Owl, Russet Hawk Owl
Ninox squamipila - Moluccan Hawk Owl, Indonesian Hawk Owl
Ninox natalis (formerly Ninox squamipila natalis) - Christmas Island Hawk Owl
Ninox meeki - Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl, Manus Hawk Owl
Ninox variegata (Ninox solomonis) - Bismarck Hawk Owl, New Ireland Hawk Owl

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Genus: Uroglaux

Uroglaux dimorpha - New Guinea Hawk Owl, Papuan Hawk Owl

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Genus: Sceloglaux

Sceloglaux albifacies - Laughing Owl, White-faced Owl

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Genus: Surnia

Surnia ulula (Strix ulula) - Northern Hawk Owl

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Genus: Nesasio

Nesasio solomonensis - Fearful Owl

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Genus: Asio (Eared Owl)

Asio stygius - Stygian Owl
Asio otus - Long-eared Owl
Asio abyssinicus - Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
Asio madagascariensis - Madagascar Long-eared Owl
Asio clamator (formerly Rhinoptynx clamator) - Striped Owl
Asio flammeus - Short-eared Owl
Asio capensis - African Marsh Owl

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