Bird Families of the World

Order: Cathartiformes

1 family, 7 species

Family #075

New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

  • Species: 7
  • Distribution: Nearctic , Neotropic
  • IOC family #075, HBW family #077, H&M family #072
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 7 seen and photographed, first seen in USA, 1996
California CondorGymnogyps californianus..
Andean CondorVultur gryphus..
King VultureSarcoramphus papa..
Black VultureCoragyps atratus..
Turkey VultureCathartes aura..
Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus..
Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotus..

1 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Brazil; 2 Black Vulture, USA; 3 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Ecuador; 4 King Vulture, Brazil; 5 Turkey Vulture, USA; 6 California Condor, USA; 7 Andean Condor, Argentina

Order: Accipitriformes

3 families, 252 species (1 extinct)

Family #076

Secretarybird (Sagittariidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #076, HBW family #078, H&M family #073 (Secretary-bird)
  • wf253 status: 74% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius..

Secretarybird, South Africa 2016

Family #077

Osprey (Pandionidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #077, HBW family #079, H&M family #074
  • wf253 status: 99% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
OspreyPandion haliaetus..

Osprey, Israel 2017

Family #078

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites (Accipitridae)

  • Species: 250 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #078 (Kites, Hawks, Eagles) , HBW family #080 (Hawks, Eagles), H&M family #075 (Kites, Hawks and Eagles)
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 152 seen , 128 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii..
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii 
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus..
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus..
Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris..
Letter-winged KiteElanus scriptus..
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus..
Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus..
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis..
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus..
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus..
Madagascar Serpent-EagleEutriorchis astur.
Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus 
Cuban KiteChondrohierax wilsonii 
Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis.
White-collared KiteLeptodon forbesi 
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides..
Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis 
Jerdon’s BazaAviceda jerdoni.
Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata..
Black BazaAviceda leuphotes..
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus..
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus..
Sulawesi Honey-buzzardPernis celebensis.
Philippine Honey-buzzardPernis steerei 
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus..
Black-breasted KiteHamirostra melanosternon..
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura..
Long-tailed Honey-buzzardHenicopernis longicauda..
Black Honey-buzzardHenicopernis infuscatus 
Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus..
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis..
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus..
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos..
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus..
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensis..
White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis 
White-backed VultureGyps africanus..
Indian VultureGyps indicus 
Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris 
Cape GriffonGyps coprotheres.
Rüppell’s GriffonGyps rueppelli.
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus..
Nicobar Serpent-EagleSpilornis klossi 
Sulawesi Serpent-EagleSpilornis rufipectus 
Mountain Serpent-EagleSpilornis kinabaluensis..
Crested Serpent-EagleSpilornis cheela..
Philippine Serpent-EagleSpilornis holospilus 
Andaman Serpent-EagleSpilornis elgini 
Philippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyi 
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus..
Western Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens..
Southern Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus fasciolatus 
Congo Snake-EagleCircaetus spectabilis 
Beaudouin’s Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouini..
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis..
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicus..
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus..
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus..
Wallace’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus..
Legge’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaarti 
Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis.
Blyth’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus alboniger.
Javan Hawk-EagleNisaetus bartelsi 
Sulawesi Hawk-EagleNisaetus lanceolatus 
Pinsker’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeri 
Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensis 
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus..
Flores Hawk-EagleNisaetus floris 
Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus 
Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucus.
Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus 
Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidori 
Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii..
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus..
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis..
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis..
Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata 
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina..
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga..
Wahlberg’s EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi..
Ayres’s Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii 
Pygmy EagleHieraaetus weiskei 
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus..
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides..
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis..
Imperial EagleAquila heliaca..
Spanish EagleAquila adalberti..
Tawny EagleAquila rapax..
Cassin’s Hawk-EagleAquila africana 
Gurney’s EagleAquila gurneyi 
Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax..
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos..
Verreaux’s EagleAquila verreauxii..
Bonelli’s EagleAquila fasciata..
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster..
New Guinea EagleHarpyopsis novaeguineae 
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus.
Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis 
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja 
Crested GoshawkLophospiza trivirgata.
Sulawesi GoshawkLophospiza griseiceps 
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar..
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus.
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates.
Eastern Chanting-GoshawkMelierax poliopterus..
Pale Chanting-GoshawkMelierax canorus..
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus..
African GoshawkAerospiza tachiro..
Chestnut-flanked SparrowhawkAerospiza castanilius 
Red-thighed SparrowhawkTachyspiza erythropus 
Little SparrowhawkTachyspiza minulla.
BesraTachyspiza virgata 
Small SparrowhawkTachyspiza nanus 
Rufous-necked SparrowhawkTachyspiza erythrauchen 
Collared SparrowhawkTachyspiza cirrocephala..
New Britain SparrowhawkTachyspiza brachyura 
Vinous-breasted SparrowhawkTachyspiza rhodogaster 
Japanese SparrowhawkTachyspiza gularis 
ShikraTachyspiza badia..
Nicobar SparrowhawkTachyspiza butleri 
Levant SparrowhawkTachyspiza brevipes..
Chinese SparrowhawkTachyspiza soloensis 
Imitator SparrowhawkTachyspiza imitator 
Frances’s SparrowhawkTachyspiza francesiae..
Spot-tailed GoshawkTachyspiza trinotata 
Gray-headed GoshawkTachyspiza poliocephala 
New Britain GoshawkTachyspiza princeps 
Gray GoshawkTachyspiza novaehollandiae..
Variable GoshawkTachyspiza hiogaster.
Black-mantled GoshawkTachyspiza melanochlamys 
Pied GoshawkTachyspiza albogularis 
Fiji GoshawkTachyspiza rufitorques 
Moluccan GoshawkTachyspiza henicogramma 
Slaty-mantled GoshawkTachyspiza luteoschistacea 
New Caledonian GoshawkTachyspiza haplochroa..
Brown GoshawkTachyspiza fasciata..
Chestnut-shouldered GoshawkErythrotriorchis buergersi 
Red GoshawkErythrotriorchis radiatus.
Gray-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster 
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis 
Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensis..
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus..
Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris 
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus.
Bicolored HawkAstur bicolor.
Chilean HawkAstur chilensis 
Cooper’s HawkAstur cooperii..
Gundlach’s HawkAstur gundlachi..
Eurasian GoshawkAstur gentilis..
American GoshawkAstur atricapillus 
Meyer’s GoshawkAstur meyerianus 
Black GoshawkAstur melanoleucus..
Henst’s GoshawkAstur henstii.
Doria’s HawkMegatriorchis doriae 
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus..
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus..
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus 
Papuan HarrierCircus spilothorax..
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans..
Reunion HarrierCircus maillardi 
Malagasy HarrierCircus macrosceles..
Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni..
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis..
Black HarrierCircus maurus 
Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus..
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus..
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius..
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus..
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos..
Montagu’s HarrierCircus pygargus..
Tiny HawkMicrospizias superciliosus 
Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collaris 
Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus..
Rufous-thighed KiteHarpagus diodon.
Red KiteMilvus milvus..
Black KiteMilvus migrans..
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus..
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus..
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla..
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus..
Pallas’s Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus..
Steller’s Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus 
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer..
Madagascar Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides..
White-bellied Sea-EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster..
Sanford’s Sea-EagleIcthyophaga sanfordi 
Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis 
Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus..
Rufous-winged BuzzardButastur liventer.
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis..
White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa 
Gray-faced BuzzardButastur indicus 
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis.
Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea 
Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens..
Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis 
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis..
Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatus.
Barred HawkMorphnarchus princeps 
Plumbeous HawkCryptoleucopteryx plumbea 
Slate-colored HawkButeogallus schistaceus..
Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus..
Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii..
Rufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialis 
Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis..
White-necked HawkButeogallus lacernulatus..
Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga..
Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius 
Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus 
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris..
Harris’s HawkParabuteo unicinctus..
White-rumped HawkParabuteo leucorrhous 
White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus..
Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma..
Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus..
Gray-backed HawkPseudastur occidentalis 
White HawkPseudastur albicollis 
Mantled HawkPseudastur polionotus..
Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus 
Black-faced HawkLeucopternis melanops 
White-browed HawkLeucopternis kuhli 
Bermuda HawkBermuteo avivorusexinct
Gray HawkButeo plagiatus..
Gray-lined HawkButeo nitidus..
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus.
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus..
Ridgway’s HawkButeo ridgwayi 
Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus..
Hawaiian HawkButeo solitarius 
White-throated HawkButeo albigula 
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus..
Swainson’s HawkButeo swainsoni..
Galapagos HawkButeo galapagoensis 
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis..
Rufous-tailed HawkButeo ventralis 
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus..
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis..
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis..
Augur BuzzardButeo augur..
Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus..
Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus.
Common BuzzardButeo buteo..
Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus 
Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterus..
Socotra BuzzardButeo socotraensis 
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus..
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius.
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus 
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus.

1 Grasshopper Buzzard, Ghana; 2 Pearl Kite, Peru; 3 Black-winged Kite, South Africa; 4 Black-shouldered Kite, Australia; 5 White-tailed Kite, USA; 6 Bearded Vulture, Israel; 7 European Honey-buzzard, Israel; 8 Long-winged Harrier, Argentina; 9 Cinereous Harrier, Argentina; 10 Spanish Eagle, Spain; 11 Oriental Honey-buzzard, Israel; 12 Black-breasted Kite, Australia; 13 Black Baza, Thailand; 14 Black Goshawk, Ghana; 15 Pied Harrier, Thailand; 16 Square-tailed Kite, Australia; 17 Booted Eagle, Israel; 18 Pallid Harrier, Israel; 19 Lesser Spotted Eagle, Israel; 20 Red-chested Goshawk, Ghana; 21 White-headed Vulture, Tanzania; 22 Cinereous Vulture, Israel; 23 Lappet-faced Vulture, Tanzania; 24 Collared Sparrowhawk, Australia; 25 Little Eagle, Australia; 26 Eurasian Griffon, Israel; 27 Bateleur, South Africa; 28 Crested Serpent-Eagle, Thailand; 29 Changeable Hawk-Eagle, Thailand; 30 Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Israel; 31 Martial Eagle, South Africa; 32 Greater Spotted Eagle, Israel; 33 Steppe Eagle, Israel; 34 Tawny Eagle, Tanzania; 35 Madagascar Harrier-Hawk, Madagascar; 36 Imperial Eagle, Israel; 37 White-backed Vulture, South Africa; 38 Madagascar Buzzard, Madagascar; 39 African Hawk-Eagle, South Africa; 40 Pale Chanting-Goshawk, South Africa; 41 Gabar Goshawk, South Africa; 42 Verreaux’s Eagle, South Africa; 43 Swamp Harrier, New Zealand; 44 Wedge-tailed Eagle, Australia; 45 Snail Kite, Brazil; 46 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Israel; 47 Spotted Harrier, Australia; 48 Northern Harrier, USA; 49 Hen Harrier, Israel; 50 Madagascar Harrier, Madagascar; 51 Brown Goshawk, Australia; 52 African Goshawk, South Africa; 53 Montagu’s Harrier, Israel; 54 Double-toothed Kite, Ecuador; 55 Whistling Kite, Australia; 56 White-tailed Eagle, Norway; 57 Northern Goshawk, Israel; 58 Madagascar Fish-Eagle, Madagascar; 59 Levant Sparrowhawk, Israel; 60 Red Kite, Switzerland; 61 Brahminy Kite, Australia; 62 Gray Goshawk, Australia; 63 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Israel; 64 White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Australia; 65 African Fish-Eagle, Tanzania; 66 Bald Eagle, USA; 67 White-necked Hawk, Brazil; 68 Red-necked Buzzard, Ghana; 69 New Caledonia Goshawk, New Caledonia; 70 Black Kite, Uganda (ssp Yellow-billed); 71 Variable Hawk, Peru; 72 Red-shouldered Hawk, USA; 73 Gray Hawk, Mexico; 74 Zone-tailed Hawk, Peru; 75 African Harrier-Hawk, Uganda; 76 Banded Snake-Eagle, Uganda; 77 Common Black Hawk, Mexico; 78 Roadside Hawk, Mexico; 79 Harris’s Hawk, USA; 80 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Peru; 81 Short-tailed Hawk, Mexico; 82 Swainson’s Hawk, USA; 83 Palm-nut Vulture, Uganda; 84 African Marsh-Harrier, Uganda; 85 Crane Hawk, Brazil; 86 Madagascar Sparrowhawk, Madagascar; 87 Cooper’s Hawk, USA; 88 Shikra, South Africa; 89 Rough-legged Hawk, Poland; 90 Swallow-tailed Kite, Ecuador; 91 Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, Uganda; 92 Slate-colored Hawk, Ecuador; 93 Red-tailed Hawk, USA; 94 Mantled Hawk, Brazil; 95 Golden Eagle, Israel; 96 Hooded Vulture, Ethiopia; 97 Augur Buzzard, Uganda; 98 Gray-lined Hawk, Brazil; 99 Common Buzzard, Israel; 100 Long-legged Buzzard, Israel; 101 Lizard Buzzard, Uganda; 102 African Cuckoo-Hawk, Uganda; 103 Savanna Hawk, Brazil; 104 Great Black Hawk, Brazil; 105 Egyptian Vulture, Israel; 106 Bonelli’s Eagle, Israel; 107 Black Eagle, India; 108 Brown Snake-eagle, Uganda; 109 Wahlberg’s Eagle, Uganda; 110 White-tailed Hawk, Brazil; 111 Black-chested Snake-Eagle, South Africa; 112 Long-Crested Eagle, Uganda; 113 Pallas’s Fish-Eagle, India; 114 Frances’s Sparrowhawk, Madagascar; 115 Crowned Eagle, Uganda

116 Himalayan Griffon, India; 117 Pacific Baza, Papua New Guina; 118 Long-tailed Honey-buzzard, Papua New Guina; 119 Red-headed Vulture, India; 120 Ferruginous Hawk, USA; 121 Jackal Buzzard, South Africa; 122 Papuan Marsh-Harrier, Papua New Guina

Order: Strigiformes

2 families, 243 species (5 extinct)

Family #079

Barn-Owls (Tytonidae)

  • Species: 20
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #079, HBW family #075, H&M family #076
  • wf253 status: 99% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen , 4 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosa.
Australian Masked-OwlTyto novaehollandiae 
Golden Masked-OwlTyto aurantia 
Seram Masked-OwlTyto almae 
Lesser Masked-OwlTyto sororcula 
Manus Masked-OwlTyto manusi 
Taliabu Masked-OwlTyto nigrobrunnea 
Minahasa Masked-OwlTyto inexspectata 
Sulawesi Masked-OwlTyto rosenbergii 
Itombwe OwlTyto prigoginei 
Australasian Grass-OwlTyto longimembris 
African Grass-OwlTyto capensis 
Western Barn OwlTyto alba..
Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica..
American Barn OwlTyto furcata.
Andaman Masked-OwlTyto deroepstorffi 
Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucops 
Red OwlTyto soumagnei..
Oriental Bay-OwlPhodilus badius..
Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilis 

1 Eastern Barn Owl, Australia; 2 Red Owl, Madagascar; 3 Western Barn Owl, Israel

Oriental Bay-Owl, Borneo, Malaysia

Family #080

Owls (Strigidae)

  • Species: 229 (5 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #080, HBW family #076  (Typical Owls), H&M family #077 (Other owls)
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 65 seen , 59 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
White-fronted Scops-OwlOtus sagittatus..
Andaman Scops-OwlOtus balli 
Reddish Scops-OwlOtus rufescens.
Serendib Scops-OwlOtus thilohoffmanni 
Sandy Scops-OwlOtus icterorhynchus 
Sokoke Scops-OwlOtus ireneae 
Flores Scops-OwlOtus alfredi 
Mountain Scops-OwlOtus spilocephalus.
Rajah Scops-OwlOtus brookii 
Javan Scops-OwlOtus angelinae 
Mentawai Scops-OwlOtus mentawi 
Indian Scops-OwlOtus bakkamoena 
Collared Scops-OwlOtus lettia..
Giant Scops-OwlOtus gurneyi 
Sunda Scops-OwlOtus lempiji..
Japanese Scops-OwlOtus semitorques 
Wallace’s Scops-OwlOtus silvicola 
Palawan Scops-OwlOtus fuliginosus 
Philippine Scops-OwlOtus megalotis 
Everett’s Scops-OwlOtus everetti 
Negros Scops-OwlOtus nigrorum 
Mindoro Scops-OwlOtus mindorensis 
Moluccan Scops-OwlOtus magicus 
Wetar Scops-OwlOtus tempestatis 
Rinjani Scops-OwlOtus jolandae 
Palau Scops-OwlOtus podarginus 
Mantanani Scops-OwlOtus mantananensis 
Ryukyu Scops-OwlOtus elegans 
Sulawesi Scops-OwlOtus manadensis 
Banggai Scops-OwlOtus mendeni 
Sangihe Scops-OwlOtus collari 
Siau Scops-OwlOtus siaoensis 
Sula Scops-OwlOtus sulaensis 
Biak Scops-OwlOtus beccarii 
Simeulue Scops-OwlOtus umbra 
Enggano Scops-OwlOtus enganensis 
Nicobar Scops-OwlOtus alius 
Arabian Scops-OwlOtus pamelae 
Eurasian Scops-OwlOtus scops..
Cyprus Scops-OwlOtus cyprius..
Principe Scops-OwlOtus bikegila 
Pemba Scops-OwlOtus pembaensis 
Sao Tome Scops-OwlOtus hartlaubi 
African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis..
Pallid Scops-OwlOtus brucei..
Mindanao Scops-OwlOtus mirus 
Luzon Scops-OwlOtus longicornis 
Moheli Scops-OwlOtus moheliensis 
Comoro Scops-OwlOtus pauliani 
Seychelles Scops-OwlOtus insularis 
Oriental Scops-OwlOtus sunia 
Socotra Scops-OwlOtus socotranus 
Anjouan Scops-OwlOtus capnodes 
Mayotte Scops-OwlOtus mayottensis 
Reunion Scops-OwlOtus gruchetiexinct
Rodrigues Scops-OwlOtus murivorusexinct
Mauritius Scops-OwlOtus sauzieriexinct
Madagascar Scops-OwlOtus rutilus..
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus.
Puerto Rican OwlGymnasio nudipes..
Bare-shanked Screech-OwlMegascops clarkii 
Whiskered Screech-OwlMegascops trichopsis.
White-throated Screech-OwlMegascops albogularis 
Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba..
Koepcke’s Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeae 
Rufescent Screech-OwlMegascops ingens 
Cinnamon Screech-OwlMegascops petersoni 
Cloud-forest Screech-OwlMegascops marshalli 
Montane Forest Screech-OwlMegascops hoyi 
Middle American Screech-OwlMegascops guatemalae 
Choco Screech-OwlMegascops centralis 
Foothill Screech-OwlMegascops roraimae 
Long-tufted Screech-OwlMegascops sanctaecatarinae 
Bearded Screech-OwlMegascops barbarus 
Balsas Screech-OwlMegascops seductus 
Pacific Screech-OwlMegascops cooperi 
Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottii 
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio..
Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesi 
Peruvian Screech-OwlMegascops roboratus..
Tawny-bellied Screech-OwlMegascops watsonii 
Black-capped Screech-OwlMegascops atricapilla 
Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii..
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis 
Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti 
Crested OwlLophostrix cristata.
Maned OwlJubula lettii 
Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata 
Tawny-browed OwlPulsatrix koeniswaldiana 
Band-bellied OwlPulsatrix melanota 
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus..
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus..
Lesser Horned OwlBubo magellanicus..
Rock Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensis 
Grayish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens..
Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus..
Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesi 
Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis 
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus..
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo..
Fraser’s Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis.
Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucosticta 
Verreaux’s Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea..
Shelley’s Eagle-OwlKetupa shelleyi 
Blakiston’s Fish-OwlKetupa blakistoni 
Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupu..
Brown Fish-OwlKetupa zeylonensis..
Tawny Fish-OwlKetupa flavipes 
Dusky Eagle-OwlKetupa coromanda 
Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlKetupa nipalensis 
Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatrana..
Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensis 
Pel’s Fishing-OwlScotopelia peli 
Rufous Fishing-OwlScotopelia ussheri 
Vermiculated Fishing-OwlScotopelia bouvieri 
Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula..
Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum..
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum..
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma..
Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanum 
Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicola 
Andean Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium jardinii 
Yungas Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium bolivianum 
Subtropical Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium parkeri 
Central American Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium griseiceps 
Tamaulipas Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium sanchezi 
Colima Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium palmarum 
Amazonian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium hardyi 
Pernambuco Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium mooreorum 
Least Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium minutissimum 
Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium brasilianum 
Austral Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nana 
Peruvian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium peruanum..
Cuban Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium siju..
Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum 
Sjöstedt’s OwletGlaucidium sjostedti 
Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides..
Javan OwletGlaucidium castanopterum 
Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum..
Chestnut-backed OwletGlaucidium castanotum 
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense 
Albertine OwletGlaucidium albertinum 
Collared OwletTaenioptynx brodiei 
Sunda OwletTaenioptynx sylvaticus..
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi..
Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryi 
Spotted OwletAthene brama..
Little OwlAthene noctua..
Forest OwletAthene blewitti 
West Solomons OwlAthene jacquinoti 
Guadalcanal OwlAthene granti 
Malaita OwlAthene malaitae 
Makira OwlAthene roseoaxillaris 
White-browed OwlAthene superciliaris..
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia..
Mottled OwlStrix virgata 
Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata 
Black-banded OwlStrix huhula 
Rufous-banded OwlStrix albitarsis 
Spotted Wood-OwlStrix seloputo 
Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellata 
Brown Wood-OwlStrix leptogrammica..
Tawny OwlStrix aluco..
Maghreb OwlStrix mauritanica 
Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum 
Desert OwlStrix hadorami..
Omani OwlStrix butleri 
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis 
Barred OwlStrix varia..
Cinereous OwlStrix sartorii 
Fulvous OwlStrix fulvescens 
Rusty-barred OwlStrix hylophila 
Rufous-legged OwlStrix rufipes 
Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis 
Ural OwlStrix uralensis..
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa..
African Wood-OwlStrix woodfordii..
Jamaican OwlAsio grammicus 
Long-eared OwlAsio otus..
Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicus 
Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis..
Striped OwlAsio clamator 
Stygian OwlAsio stygius..
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus..
Marsh OwlAsio capensis 
Fearful OwlAsio solomonensis 
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus..
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus..
Bermuda Saw-whet OwlAegolius gradyiexinct
Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi 
Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii 
Rufous OwlNinox rufa..
Powerful OwlNinox strenua..
Barking OwlNinox connivens..
Sumba BoobookNinox rudolfi 
Andaman BoobookNinox affinis 
Australian BoobookNinox boobook..
Rote BoobookNinox rotiensis 
Timor BoobookNinox fusca 
Alor BoobookNinox plesseni 
Tasmanian BoobookNinox leucopsis 
MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae 
Laughing OwlNinox albifaciesexinct
Least BoobookNinox sumbaensis 
Brown BoobookNinox scutulata..
Hume’s BoobookNinox obscura 
Northern BoobookNinox japonica 
Chocolate BoobookNinox randi 
Luzon BoobookNinox philippensis 
Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephala 
Mindoro BoobookNinox mindorensis 
Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotus 
Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyi 
Camiguin BoobookNinox leventisi 
Sulu BoobookNinox reyi 
Ochre-bellied BoobookNinox ochracea 
Togian BoobookNinox burhani 
Cinnabar BoobookNinox ios..
Halmahera BoobookNinox hypogramma 
Tanimbar BoobookNinox forbesi 
Seram BoobookNinox squamipila 
Buru BoobookNinox hantu 
Christmas Island BoobookNinox natalis 
Papuan BoobookNinox theomacha..
Manus BoobookNinox meeki 
Speckled BoobookNinox punctulata 
Bismarck BoobookNinox variegata 
New Britain BoobookNinox odiosa 
Papuan OwlUroglaux dimorpha..

White-fronted Scops-Owl, Thailand; Collared Scops-Owl, Thailand; Pallid Scops-Owl, Israel; European Scops-Owl, Israel (Cyprus); 5 Eastern Screech-Owl, USA; African Scops Owl, Ghana; Tropical Screech-Owl, Brazil; 8 Torotoroka Scops Owl, Madagascar; 9 Madagascar Scops Owl, Madagascar; 10 Great Gray Owl, Finland; 11 Peruvian Screech-Owl, Peru; 12 Great Horned Owl, USA; 13 Greyish Eagle-owl, Ghana; 14 Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Israel; 15 Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Israel; 16 Snowy Owl, USA; 17 Northern Hawk Owl, Finland; 18 Eurasian Pygmy-Owl, Poland; 19 Pearl-spotted Owlet, Tanzania; 20 Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Uganda; 21 Desert Owl, Israel; 22 Northern Pygmy-Owl, USA; 23 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Peru; 24 Asian Barred Owlet, Thailand (India); 25 Burrowing Owl, Peru; 26 Little Owl, Israel; 27 Spotted Owlet, Thailand; 28 Tawny Owl, Israel; 29 Barking Owl, Australia; 30 Barred Owl, USA; 31 Ural Owl, Finland; 32 Long-eared Owl, Israel; 33 Madagascar  Owl, Madagascar; 34 White-browed Owl, Madagascar; 35 Stygian Owl, Brazil; 36 African Wood-Owl, South Africa; 37 Spotted Eagle-Owl, South Africa; 38 Southern Boobook, Australia; 39 Brown Hawk-Owl, Thailand; 40 Short-eared Owl, Norway; 41 Boreal Owl, Finland; 42 Northern Saw-whet Owl, USA; 43 Elf Owl, USA; 44 Great Horned Owl (Magellanic), Argentina; 45 Powerful Owl, Australia

46 Papuan Owl, Papua New Guinea; 47 Brown Fish-Owl, India; 48 Usambara Eagle-Owl, Tanzania; 49 Papuan Boobook, Papua New Guinea; 50 Jungle Owlet, India

50 Cyprus Scops-Owl, Cyprus; 51 Puerto Rican Owl, Puerto Rico; 52 Cuban Pygmy-Owl, Cuba53 Bare-legged Owl, Cuba

54 Cinnabar Boobook, Sulawesi (ID); 55 Sunda Owlet, Borneo (MY); 56 Buffy Fish-Owl, Borneo (MY); 57 Barred Eagle-Owl, Borneo (MY); 58 Sunda Scops-Owl, Borneo (MY); 59 Brown Wood-Owl, Borneo (MY)

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