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This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Giant Scops Owl   Otus gurneyi
2. White-fronted Scops Owl   Otus sagittatus
3. Reddish Scops Owl   Otus rufescens
4. Serendib Scops Owl   Otus thilohoffmanni
5. Sandy Scops Owl   Otus icterorhynchus
6. Sokoke Scops Owl   Otus ireneae
7. Andaman Scops Owl   Otus balli
8. Flores Scops Owl   Otus alfredi
9. Mountain Scops Owl   Otus spilocephalus
10. Rajah Scops Owl   Otus brookii
11. Javan Scops Owl   Otus angelinae
12. Mentawai Scops Owl   Otus mentawi
13. Indian Scops Owl   Otus bakkamoena
14. Collared Scops Owl   Otus lettia
15. Japanese Scops Owl   Otus semitorques
16. Sunda Scops Owl   Otus lempiji
17. Palawan Scops Owl   Otus fuliginosus
18. Philippine Scops Owl   Otus megalotis
19. Everett’s Scops Owl   Otus everetti
20. Negros Scops Owl   Otus nigrorum
21. Wallace’s Scops Owl   Otus silvicola
22. Mindanao Scops Owl   Otus mirus
23. Luzon Scops Owl   Otus longicornis
24. Mindoro Scops Owl   Otus mindorensis
25. Pallid Scops Owl   Otus brucei
26. African Scops Owl   Otus senegalensis
27. Eurasian Scops Owl   Otus scops
28. Oriental Scops Owl   Otus sunia
29. Socotra Scops Owl   Otus socotranus
30. Moluccan Scops Owl   Otus magicus
31. Sula Scops Owl   Otus sulaensis
32. Siau Scops Owl   Otus siaoensis
33. Mantanani Scops Owl   Otus mantananensis
34. Ryukyu Scops Owl   Otus elegans
35. Sulawesi Scops Owl   Otus manadensis
36. Sangihe Scops Owl   Otus collari
37. Biak Scops Owl   Otus beccarii
38. Seychelles Scops Owl   Otus insularis
39. Simeulue Scops Owl   Otus umbra
40. Enggano Scops Owl   Otus enganensis
41. Nicobar Scops Owl   Otus alius
42. Pemba Scops Owl   Otus pembaensis
43. Karthala Scops Owl   Otus pauliani
44. Anjouan Scops Owl   Otus capnodes
45. Moheli Scops Owl   Otus moheliensis
46. Mayotte Scops Owl   Otus mayottensis
47. Torotoroka Scops Owl   Otus madagascariensis
48. Rainforest Scops Owl   Otus rutilus
49. Sao Tome Scops Owl   Otus hartlaubi
50. Flammulated Owl   Megascops flammeolus
51. Eastern Screech Owl   Megascops asio
52. Western Screech Owl   Megascops kennicottii
53. Balsas Screech Owl   Megascops seductus
54. Pacific Screech Owl   Megascops cooperi
55. Whiskered Screech Owl   Megascops trichopsis
56. Tropical Screech Owl   Megascops choliba
57. West Peruvian Screech Owl   Megascops roboratus
58. Koepcke’s Screech Owl   Megascops koepckeae
59. Bare-shanked Screech Owl   Megascops clarkii
60. Bearded Screech Owl   Megascops barbarus
61. Rufescent Screech Owl   Megascops ingens
62. Colombian Screech Owl   Megascops colombianus
63. Cinnamon Screech Owl   Megascops petersoni
64. Cloud-forest Screech Owl   Megascops marshalli
65. Tawny-bellied Screech Owl   Megascops watsonii
66. Middle American Screech Owl   Megascops guatemalae
67. Vermiculated Screech Owl   Megascops vermiculatus
68. Roraiman Screech Owl   Megascops roraimae
69. Choco Screech Owl   Megascops centralis
70. Napo Screech Owl   Megascops napensis
71. Yungas Screech Owl   Megascops hoyi
72. Black-capped Screech Owl   Megascops atricapilla
73. Long-tufted Screech Owl   Megascops sanctaecatarinae
74. Puerto Rican Screech Owl   Megascops nudipes
75. White-throated Screech Owl   Megascops albogularis
76. Palau Owl   Pyrroglaux podargina
77. Bare-legged Owl   Gymnoglaux lawrencii
78. Northern White-faced Owl   Ptilopsis leucotis
79. Southern White-faced Owl   Ptilopsis granti
80. Snowy Owl   Bubo scandiacus
81. Great Horned Owl   Bubo virginianus
82. Lesser Horned Owl   Bubo magellanicus
83. Eurasian Eagle-Owl   Bubo bubo
84. Indian Eagle-Owl   Bubo bengalensis
85. Pharaoh Eagle-Owl   Bubo ascalaphus
86. Cape Eagle-Owl   Bubo capensis
87. Spotted Eagle-Owl   Bubo africanus
88. Greyish Eagle-Owl   Bubo cinerascens
89. Fraser’s Eagle-Owl   Bubo poensis
90. Usambara Eagle-Owl   Bubo vosseleri
91. Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl   Bubo nipalensis
92. Barred Eagle-Owl   Bubo sumatranus
93. Shelley’s Eagle-Owl   Bubo shelleyi
94. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl   Bubo lacteus
95. Dusky Eagle-Owl   Bubo coromandus
96. Akun Eagle-Owl   Bubo leucostictus
97. Philippine Eagle-Owl   Bubo philippensis
98. Blakiston’s Fish Owl   Bubo blakistoni
99. Brown Fish Owl   Ketupa zeylonensis
100. Tawny Fish Owl   Ketupa flavipes
101. Buffy Fish Owl   Ketupa ketupu
102. Pel’s Fishing Owl   Scotopelia peli
103. Rufous Fishing Owl   Scotopelia ussheri
104. Vermiculated Fishing Owl   Scotopelia bouvieri
105. Spotted Wood Owl   Strix seloputo
106. Mottled Wood Owl   Strix ocellata
107. Brown Wood Owl   Strix leptogrammica
108. Tawny Owl   Strix aluco
109. Himalayan Owl   Strix nivicolum
110. Hume’s Owl   Strix butleri
111. Spotted Owl   Strix occidentalis
112. Northern Barred Owl   Strix varia
113. Mexican Barred Owl   Strix sartori
114. Fulvous Owl   Strix fulvescens
115. Rusty-barred Owl   Strix hylophila
116. Chaco Owl   Strix chacoensis
117. Rufous-legged Owl   Strix rufipes
118. Ural Owl   Strix uralensis
119. Pere David’s Owl   Strix davidi
120. Great Grey Owl   Strix nebulosa
121. African Wood Owl   Strix woodfordii
122. Mottled Owl   Strix virgata
123. Rufous-banded Owl   Strix albitarsis
124. Black-and-white Owl   Strix nigrolineata
125. Black-banded Owl   Strix huhula
126. Maned Owl   Jubula lettii
127. Crested Owl   Lophostrix cristata
128. Spectacled Owl   Pulsatrix perspicillata
129. Tawny-browed Owl   Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
130. Band-bellied Owl   Pulsatrix melanota
131. Northern Hawk-Owl   Surnia ulula
132. Eurasian Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium passerinum
133. Collared Owlet   Glaucidium brodiei
134. Pearl-spotted Owlet   Glaucidium perlatum
135. Northern Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium californicum
136. Mountain Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium gnoma
137. Costa Rican Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium costaricanum
138. Andean Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium jardinii
139. Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium nubicola
140. Yungas Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium bolivianum
141. Colima Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium palmarum
142. Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium sanchezi
143. Pernambuco Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium mooreorum
144. Central American Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium griseiceps
145. Subtropical Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium parkeri
146. Amazonian Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium hardyi
147. East Brazilian Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium minutissimum
148. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium brasilianum
149. Pacific Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium peruanum
150. Austral Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium nana
151. Cuban Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium siju
152. Red-chested Owlet   Glaucidium tephronotum
153. Sjöstedt’s Barred Owlet   Glaucidium sjostedti
154. Asian Barred Owlet   Glaucidium cuculoides
155. Javan Owlet   Glaucidium castanopterum
156. Jungle Owlet   Glaucidium radiatum
157. Chestnut-backed Owlet   Glaucidium castanotum
158. African Barred Owlet   Glaucidium capense
159. Albertine Owlet   Glaucidium albertinum
160. Long-whiskered Owlet   Xenoglaux loweryi
161. Elf Owl   Micrathene whitneyi
162. Little Owl   Athene noctua
163. Spotted Owlet   Athene brama
164. Burrowing Owl   Athene cunicularia
165. Forest Owlet   Heteroglaux blewitti
166. Boreal Owl   Aegolius funereus
167. Northern Saw-whet Owl   Aegolius acadicus
168. Unspotted Saw-whet Owl   Aegolius ridgwayi
169. Buff-fronted Owl   Aegolius harrisii
170. Rufous Owl   Ninox rufa
171. Togian Boobook   Ninox burhani
172. Powerful Owl   Ninox strenua
173. Barking Owl   Ninox connivens
174. Sumba Boobook   Ninox rudolfi
175. Southern Boobook   Ninox boobook
176. Morepork   Ninox novaeseelandiae
177. Brown Hawk-Owl   Ninox scutulata
178. Northern Boobook   Ninox japonica
179. Chocolate Boobook   Ninox randi
180. Hume’s Hawk-Owl   Ninox obscura
181. Andaman Hawk-Owl   Ninox affinis
182. White-browed Hawk-Owl   Ninox superciliaris
183. Philippine Hawk-Owl   Ninox philippensis
184. Ochre-bellied Boobook   Ninox ochracea
185. Cinnabar Boobook   Ninox ios
186. Hantu Boobook   Ninox squamipila
187. Halmahera Boobook   Ninox hypogramma
188. Tanimbar Boobook   Ninox forbesi
189. Christmas Boobook   Ninox natalis
190. Papuan Boobook   Ninox theomacha
191. Manus Boobook   Ninox meeki
192. Speckled Boobook   Ninox punctulata
193. New Ireland Boobook   Ninox variegata
194. New Britain Boobook   Ninox odiosa
195. Solomons Boobook   Ninox jacquinoti
196. Little Sumba Hawk-Owl   Ninox sumbaensis
197. Papuan Hawk-Owl   Uroglaux dimorpha
198. Jamaican Owl   Pseudoscops grammicus
199. Striped Owl   Pseudoscops clamator
200. Fearful Owl   Nesasio solomonensis
201. Stygian Owl   Asio stygius
202. Long-eared Owl   Asio otus
203. Abyssinian Owl   Asio abyssinicus
204. Madagascar Owl   Asio madagascariensis
205. Short-eared Owl   Asio flammeus
206. Marsh Owl   Asio capensis