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ABOUT OWLS Owls are night birds of prey often called night hawks.They have large round heads and big round eyes,with flatened faces and some have mask .Their feet large claws for hunting small birds,mice , mammals ,frogs and insects. .Roost during the day and make nest in deep hollow trees.Some say they are spirit messangers and wise,some say in myths are evil and omen of death. |
WORLD OWL LIST GENUS GENUS ASIO - Eared Owl Asio Clamator - Striped Owl Asio Otos - Long-Eared Owl Asio Stygius - Stygian Owl Asio Abyssinicus - Abyssinian Long-Eared Owl Asio MadagascarienAsis - Madagascar Long-Eared Owl Asio Flammeus - Short-Eared Owl Asio Capensis - African Marsh Owl AEGOLIUS - Forest Owls Aegolius Acadius - Northern Saw-Whet Owl Aegolius Ridgwayi - Saw-Whet Owl (no spots) Aegolius Harrisii - Buff-Fronted Owl Aeogolius Funereus - Boreal Owl,Tengmalm's Owl ATHENE-Small Owl Athene Noctua - Little Owl Athene Brama - Spotted Owlet, Athene Blewitti - Forest Spotted Owlet Athene Cunicularia - Burrowing Owl BUBO-Eagle Owl Bubo Virginianus - Great-Horned Owl Bubo Bubo - Eagle Owl Bubo Africanus - Spotted Eagle Owl,African Eagle Owl Bubo Capensis - Cape Eagle Owl Bubo Lacteus - Verreaux's Eagle Owl,Milky Eagle Owl Bubo Poensis - Fraser's Eagle Owl Bubo Leucostictus - Sooty Eagle Owl,Akun Eagle Owl Bubo Shelleyi - Shelley's Eagle Owl Bubo Ascalaphus - Desert Eagle Owl,Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo Sumatrana - Bared Eagle Owl,Malay Eagle Owl Bubo Phillippensis - Phillippine Eagle Owl Bubo Nipalensis - Forest Eagle Owl,Spotted Bellied Eagle Owl Bubo Coromandus - Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo Bengalensis - Indian Eagle Owl,Bengal Eagle Owl CICCABA Ciccaba Virgata - Mottled Owl Ciccaba Nigrolineata - Black And White Owl Ciccaba Huhula - Black-Banded Owl Ciccaba Albitarsus - Rufous-Banded Owl Ciccaba Woodfordii - African Wood Owl GLAUCIDIUM Glaucidium Brasilianum - Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium Gnoma - Northern Pygmy Owl,Mountain Pygmy Owl Glauscidium Minutissimum - Least Pygmy Owl Glaucidium Jardinii - Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium Passerinum - Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium Siju - Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium Tephronotum - Red-Chested Owlet Glaucidium Sjostedti - Chestnut-Backed Owlet,Splendid Owlet Glaucidium Radiatum - Jungle Owlet Glaucidium Perlatum - Pearl-Spotted Owlet Glaucidium Capense - Barred Owl Glaucidium Brodiei - Collared Pygmy Owl,Collared Owlet Glaucidium Cuculoides - Cuckoo Owlet,Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium Castanopterum - Chestnut Winged Owlet, Spadiced Owlet Glaucidium Albertinum - Albertine Owlet,Prigogine's Owlet GYMNOGLAUX Gymnoglaux Lawrencii - Bare-Legged Owl,Cuban Screech Owl JUBULA Jubula Lettii - Maned Owl KETUPA - Fish Owls Ketupa Ketupa - Malay Fish Owl,Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa Zeylonensis - Brown Fish Owl Ketupa Flavipes - Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa Blakistoni - Blakiston's Fish Owl LOPHOSTRIX Lophostrix Cristata - Crested Owl MICRATHENE Micrathene Whitneyi - Elf Owl MIMIZUKU Mimizuku Gurneyi - Giant Scops Owl NYCTEA Nyctea Scandiaca - Snowy Owl NESASIO Nesasio Solomonensis - Fearful Owl PHODILINAE - Bay Owls Phodilus Badius - Asian Bay Owl Phodilus Prigoginei - Congo Bay Owl PULSATRIX Pulsatrix Perspicillata - Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix Melanota - Band-Bellied Owl, Rusty-Barred Owl Pulsatrix Koeniswaldiana - Tawny-Browed Owl,White Chinned Owl PSEUDOSCOPS Pseudoscops Grammicus - Jamaican Owl SCELOGLAUX Sceloglaux Albifacies - Laughing Owl, White-faced Owl SCOTOPELIA - Fishing Owls Scotopelia Bouvieri - Vermiculated Fishing Owl Scotopelia Peli - Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia Ussheri - Rufous Fishing Owl SURNIA Surnia Ulula - Northern Hawk Owl STRIX - Wood Owls Strix Varia - Barred Owl Strix Hylophila - Brazilian Owl, Rusty-Barred Owl Strix Rufipes - Rufous-Legged Owl Strix Occidentalis - Spotted Owl Strix Nebulosa - Great Gray Owl, Lapland Owl, Lapp Owl Strix Aluco - Eurasian Tawny Owl Strix Uralensis - Ural Owl Strix Davidi - David's Wood Owl Strix Butleri - Hume's Tawny Owl Strix Leptogrammica - Brown Wood Owl Strix Ocellata - Mottled Wood Owl Strix Seloputo - Spotted Wood Owl Strix Fulvescens - Fulvous Owl, Guatemala Barred Owl |
NINOX - Southern Hawk Owls Ninox Connivens - Barking Owl,Winking Owl Ninox Novaeseelandiae - Boobook Owl,Spotted Hawk Owl Ninox Strenua - Powerful Owl,Great Hawk Owl Ninox Rufa - Rufous Owl Ninox Odiosa - New Britain Hawk Owl Ninox Meeki - Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl Ninox Punctulata - Speckled Hawk Owl Ninox Squampilia - Moluccan Hawk Owl,Indonesian Hawk Owl Ninox Theomacha - Sooty-Backed Hawk Owl,Jungle Hawk Owl,Chesnut Hawk Owl,Brown Owl lNinox Jacquinota - Solomon Islands Hawk Owl, Ninox Solomonis - New Ireland Hawk Owl Ninox Perversa - Ochre-Bellied Hawk Owl(Ninox Ochracea) Ninox Scutulata - Oriental Hawk Owl,Brown Hawk Owl Ninox Affinis - Andaman Hawk Owl Ninox Phillippensis - Phillippine Hawk Owl Ninox Superciliaris - Madagascar Hawk Owl,White-Browned Hawk Owl Ninox Natalis - Christmas Island Hawk Owl Ninox Variegata - Bismarck Hawk Owl OTUS - Screech&Scops Owls Otus Asio - Eastern Screech Owl Otus Kennicottii - Western Screech Owl Otus Choliba - Tropical Screech Owl Otus Watsonii - Tawny-Bellied Screech Owl Otus Albogularis - White-Throated Screech Owl Otus Atricapillus - Black-Capped Screech Owl Otus Guatemalae - Vermiculated Screech Owl Otus Trichopsis - Whiskered Screech Owl, Spotted Screech Owl Otus Cooperi - Pacific Screech Owl Otus Barbarus - Bearded Screech Owl, Bridled Screech Owl Otus Roboratus - Dark-Crowned Screech Owl, Peruvian Screech Owl Otus Nudipes - Puerto Rican Screech Owl Otus Clarkii - Bare-Shanked Screech Owl Otus Ingens - Rufescent Screech Owl Otus Seductus - Balsas Screech Owl Otus Sanctaecatarina - Long-Tufted Screech Owl Otus Koepckeae - Maria Koepcke's Screech Owl Otus Marshalli - Cloud Forest Screech Owl Otus Colombianus - Colombian Screech Owl Otus Atricapillus - Black-Capped Screech Owl Otus Petersoni - Cinnamon Screech Owl Otus Flammeolus - Flammulated Owl Otus Scops - Common Scops Owl, Eurasian Scops Owl Otus Bakkamoena - Collared Scops Owl Otus Spilocephalus - Spotted Scops Owl Otus Balli - Andaman Scops Owl Otus Sagittatus - White-fronted Scops Owl Otus Rufescens - Reddish Scops Owl, Rufous Scops Owl Otus Beccarii - Biak Island Scops Owl Otus Alfredi - Flores Scops Owl Otus Brookii - Rajah's Scops Owl Otus Manadensis - Celebes Scops Owl Otus Silvicola - Lesser Sunda Scops Owl, Wallace's Scops Owl Otus Umbra - Mentaur Scops Owl, Simeulue Scops Owl Otus Icterorhynchus - Cinnamon Scops Owl, Sandy Scops Owl Otus Rutilus - Madagascar Scops Owl, Malagasy Scops Owl Otus Leucotis - White-faced Scops Owl Otus Irenae - Sokoke Scops Owl Otus Spilocephalus - Mountain Scops Owl Otus Longicornis - Luzon Scops Owl Otus Mindorensis - Mindoro Scops Owl Otus Mirus - Mindanao Scops Owl Otus Angelinae - Javan Scops Owl Otus Hartlaubi - Sao Thom� Scops Owl Otus Brucei - Pallid Scops Owl, Striated Scops Owl Otus Senegalensis - African Scops Owl Otus Sunia - Oriental Scops Owl Otus Elegans - Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus Mantananensis - Mantanani Scops Owl Otus Magicus - Moluccan Scops Owl, Magic Scops Owl Otus Megalotis - Philipine Scops Owl, Whitehead's Scops Owl Otus Fuliginosus - Palawan Scops Owl Otus Mentawi - Mentawai Scops Owl Otus Podarginus - Palau Scops Owl Otus Enganensis - Enggano Scops Owl Otus Pauliani - Grand Comoro Scops Owls Otus Insularis - Seychelles Scops Owl, Bare-Legged Scops Owl TYTO Tyto Alba - Barn Owl Tyto Novaehollandiae - Masked Owl Tyto Sororcula - Lesser Masked Owl Tyto Soumagnei - Soumagnes Grass Owl,Madagascar Grass Owl Tyto Tenebricosa - Sooty Owl Tyto Multipunctata - Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto inexspectata - Minahassa Barn Owl Tyto Aurantia - New Britain Barn Owl Tyto Longimembris - Eastern Grass Owl Tyto Capensis - Common Grass Owl Tyto Glaucops - Ashy Faced Barn Owl,Hispaniolan Barn Owl Tyto Nigrobrunnea - Sula Island Masked Owl Tyto Rosenbergii - Celebes Barn Owl UROGLAUX Uroglaux Dimorpha - New Guinea Hawk Owl, Papuan Hawk Owl XENOGLAUX Xenoglaux Loweryi - Long-whiskered Owlet |
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