🦋 Family

Strigidae

104 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Strigiformes › Strigidae

Micrathene whitneyi, the elf owl, is the world's smallest owl, with details on its traits, distribution, behavior and diet described here.

Lophostrix cristata (crested owl) is a medium-sized owl native to forests of Central and northern South America.

The northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) is a Strigidae species found across a band of Africa between the Sahara and Equator.

Ptilopsis granti, the southern white-faced owl, is an African owl species living in savanna and dry woodland, hunting large insects and small prey.

Psiloscops flammeolus, the flammulated owl, is a small migratory nocturnal owl from the Americas that feeds mostly on insects.

Margarobyas lawrencii, the bare-legged owl, is a small owl named for its featherless green-yellow legs with distinct plumage patterns.

Glaucidium brodiei, the collared owlet, is Asia's smallest owl, a resident raptor distributed across broad areas of East and South Asia.

Megascops nudipes, the Puerto Rican owl, is a small, unfeathered-legged owl found primarily in Puerto Rico.

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Tytonidae 7 species

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