List of birds of North America (Strigiformes)

Barn owl Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped FACES. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

  • Ashy-faced owl, Tyto glaucops
  • Barn owl, Tyto alba

Typical owls

Barred owl Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae

Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

  • Balsas screech owl, Megascops seductus
  • Bare-legged owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii
  • Bare-shanked screech owl, Megascops clarkii
  • Barred owl, Strix varia
  • Bearded screech owl, Megascops barbarus
  • Black-and-white owl, Ciccaba nigrolineata
  • Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
  • Brown hawk owl, Ninox scutulata (A)
  • Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
  • Central American pygmy owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
  • Tamaulipas pygmy owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
  • Colima pygmy owl, Glaucidium palmarum
  • Costa Rican pygmy owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
  • Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata
  • Cuban pygmy owl, Glaucidium siju
  • Eastern screech owl, Megascops asio
  • Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi
  • Ferruginous pygmy owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
  • Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus
  • Fulvous owl, Strix fulvescens
  • Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
  • Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
  • Jamaican owl, Pseudoscops grammicus
  • Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  • Mottled owl, Ciccaba virgata
  • Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
  • Northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma
  • Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus
  • Oriental scops owl, Otus sunia (A)
  • Pacific screech owl, Megascops cooperi
  • Puerto Rican screech owl, Megascops nudipes
  • Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
  • Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
  • Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
  • Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis (Mexican spotted owl S. o. lucida and northern spotted owl S. o. caurina: )
  • Striped owl, Pseudoscops clamator
  • Stygian owl, Asio stygius
  • Tropical screech owl, Megascops choliba
  • Unspotted saw-whet owl, Aegolius ridgwayi
  • Vermiculated screech owl, Megascops guatemalae
  • Western screech owl, Megascops kennicottii
  • Whiskered screech owl, Megascops trichopsis