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
  • wf250 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)
  • wf250 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
  • wf250 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)
  • wf250 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 152 seen , 128 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii..
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus..
Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris..
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus..
Letter-winged KiteElanus scriptus 
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii 
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus..
Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus..
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis..
Madagascar Serpent-EagleEutriorchis astur.
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus..
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus..
Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus 
Cuban KiteChondrohierax wilsonii 
Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis.
White-collared KiteLeptodon forbesi 
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus..
Sulawesi Honey-buzzardPernis celebensis.
Philippine Honey-buzzardPernis steerei 
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus..
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus..
Black-breasted KiteHamirostra melanosternon..
Long-tailed Honey-buzzardHenicopernis longicauda..
Black Honey-buzzardHenicopernis infuscatus 
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura..
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides..
Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis 
Jerdon’s BazaAviceda jerdoni.
Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata..
Black BazaAviceda leuphotes..
Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus..
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis..
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus..
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos..
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus..
White-backed VultureGyps africanus..
White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis 
Indian VultureGyps indicus 
Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris 
Rüppell’s GriffonGyps rueppelli.
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensis..
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus..
Cape GriffonGyps coprotheres.
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 
Congo Serpent-EagleDryotriorchis spectabilis 
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus..
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicus..
Beaudouin’s Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouini..
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis..
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus..
Fasciated Snake-EagleCircaetus fasciolatus 
Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens..
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus.
New Guinea EagleHarpyopsis novaeguineae 
Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis 
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja 
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus..
Legge’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaarti 
Wallace’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus..
Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis.
Blyth’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus alboniger.
Javan Hawk-EagleNisaetus bartelsi 
Pinsker’s Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeri 
Sulawesi Hawk-EagleNisaetus lanceolatus 
Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensis 
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus..
Flores Hawk-EagleNisaetus floris 
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus..
Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii..
Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus 
Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus 
Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucus.
Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidori 
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis..
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis..
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina..
Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata 
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga..
Wahlberg’s EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi..
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus..
Pygmy EagleHieraaetus weiskei 
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides..
Ayres’s Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii 
Tawny EagleAquila rapax..
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis..
Spanish EagleAquila adalberti..
Imperial EagleAquila heliaca..
Gurney’s EagleAquila gurneyi 
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos..
Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax..
Cassin’s Hawk-EagleAquila africana 
Verreaux’s EagleAquila verreauxii..
Bonelli’s EagleAquila fasciata..
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster..
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus..
Tiny HawkMicrospizias superciliosus 
Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collaris 
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates.
Eastern Chanting-GoshawkMelierax poliopterus..
Pale Chanting-GoshawkMelierax canorus..
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar..
Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis 
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis..
Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatus.
Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus..
Rufous-thighed KiteHarpagus diodon.
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis.
Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea 
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis..
White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa 
Rufous-winged BuzzardButastur liventer.
Gray-faced BuzzardButastur indicus 
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..
Gray-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster 
Crested GoshawkAccipiter trivirgatus.
Sulawesi GoshawkAccipiter griseiceps 
African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro..
Chestnut-flanked SparrowhawkAccipiter castanilius 
ShikraAccipiter badius..
Nicobar SparrowhawkAccipiter butleri 
Levant SparrowhawkAccipiter brevipes..
Chinese SparrowhawkAccipiter soloensis 
Frances’s SparrowhawkAccipiter francesiae..
Spot-tailed GoshawkAccipiter trinotatus 
Variable GoshawkAccipiter hiogaster.
Gray GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae..
Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus..
Black-mantled GoshawkAccipiter melanochlamys 
Pied GoshawkAccipiter albogularis 
New Caledonian GoshawkAccipiter haplochrous..
Fiji GoshawkAccipiter rufitorques 
Moluccan GoshawkAccipiter henicogrammus 
Slaty-mantled GoshawkAccipiter luteoschistaceus 
Imitator SparrowhawkAccipiter imitator 
Gray-headed GoshawkAccipiter poliocephalus 
New Britain GoshawkAccipiter princeps 
Red-thighed SparrowhawkAccipiter erythropus 
Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus.
Japanese SparrowhawkAccipiter gularis 
Small SparrowhawkAccipiter nanus 
BesraAccipiter virgatus 
Rufous-necked SparrowhawkAccipiter erythrauchen 
Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus..
New Britain SparrowhawkAccipiter brachyurus 
Vinous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rhodogaster 
Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensis..
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis 
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus..
Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris 
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus.
Cooper’s HawkAccipiter cooperii..
Gundlach’s HawkAccipiter gundlachi..
Bicolored HawkAccipiter bicolor.
Chilean HawkAccipiter chilensis 
Black GoshawkAccipiter melanoleucus..
Henst’s GoshawkAccipiter henstii.
Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis..
American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus 
Meyer’s GoshawkAccipiter meyerianus 
Chestnut-shouldered GoshawkErythrotriorchis buergersi 
Red GoshawkErythrotriorchis radiatus 
Doria’s GoshawkMegatriorchis doriae 
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus.
Red KiteMilvus milvus..
Black KiteMilvus migrans..
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus..
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus..
Steller’s Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus 
Pallas’s Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus..
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla..
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus..
White-bellied Sea-EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster..
Sanford’s Sea-EagleIcthyophaga sanfordi 
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer..
Madagascar Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides..
Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis 
Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus..
Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens..
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 
Barred HawkMorphnarchus princeps 
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris..
Harris’s HawkParabuteo unicinctus..
White-rumped HawkParabuteo leucorrhous 
White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus..
Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma..
Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus..
Mantled HawkPseudastur polionotus..
White HawkPseudastur albicollis 
Gray-backed HawkPseudastur occidentalis 
Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus 
Black-faced HawkLeucopternis melanops 
White-browed HawkLeucopternis kuhli 
Bermuda HawkBermuteo avivorus(extinct)
Gray HawkButeo plagiatus..
Gray-lined HawkButeo nitidus..
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus..
Ridgway’s HawkButeo ridgwayi 
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus.
Hawaiian HawkButeo solitarius 
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus..
White-throated HawkButeo albigula 
Swainson’s HawkButeo swainsoni..
Galapagos HawkButeo galapagoensis 
Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus..
Rufous-tailed HawkButeo ventralis 
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis..
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus..
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis..
Common BuzzardButeo buteo..
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus 
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus 
Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus.
Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus 
Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterus..
Socotra BuzzardButeo socotraensis 
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus..
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius 
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis..
Augur BuzzardButeo augur..
Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus..

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: 18
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #079, HBW family #075, H&M family #076
  • wf250 status: 99% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen , 3 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 
Barn OwlTyto alba..
Andaman Masked-OwlTyto deroepstorffi 
Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucops 
Red OwlTyto soumagnei..
Oriental Bay-OwlPhodilus badius..
Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilis 

1 Barn Owl (Eastern), Australia; 2 Red Owl, Madagascar; 3 Barn Owl (Western), 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)
  • wf250 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 63 seen , 58 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 grucheti(extinct)
Rodrigues Scops-OwlOtus murivorus(extinct)
Mauritius Scops-OwlOtus sauzieri(extinct)
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 gradyi(extinct)
Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi 
Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii 
Rufous OwlNinox rufa 
Powerful OwlNinox strenua..
Barking OwlNinox connivens..
Sumba BoobookNinox rudolfi 
Andaman BoobookNinox affinis 
Southern BoobookNinox boobook..
Rote BoobookNinox rotiensis 
Timor BoobookNinox fusca 
Alor BoobookNinox plesseni 
Tasmanian BoobookNinox leucopsis 
MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae 
Laughing OwlNinox albifacies(extinct)
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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