Birds of the World


Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis albitarsis) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A medium-sized owl, small for genus strix, found at over 2500 meters.
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Range: PAL: w Eurasia
Marburg, Germany

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Omani Owl (Strix butleri) Range: PAL: montane ne UAE, n Oman and patchily in s and e Iran


Chaco Owl (Strix chacoensis) Near Threatened Range: SA: s Bolivia and w Paraguay to c Argentina Pampa Del Indio, Chaco Province, Argentina
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo © All Rights Reserved.

A medium size owl (small for genus Strix), found in the Chaco ecosystem.


Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens) Range: MA: s Mexico to El Salvador Finca el Pilar, Guatemala
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Desert Owl (Strix hadorami) Range: PAL, AF: Red Sea coast of Egypt and Sudan, Sinai Pen., s, e Israel, w Jordan and patchily through Saudi Arabia, Yemen and s Oman


Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula) Range: SA: widespread Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.


Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula) Range: SA: widespread San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador At the San Isidro lodge on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes lives a family of owls different than any others. They have some characteristics of the Black-banded Owl found in the Amazon basin, and the Black-and-white Owl found in western Ecuador and elsewhere.
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Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila) Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Rio Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila) Immature Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Intervales State Park, Ribeirao Grande, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica maingayi) Range: OR: widespread Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.


Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica) Immature Range: OR: widespread Ooty, India
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Maghreb Owl (Strix mauritanica) Range: AF: nw Africa Ourika, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa nebulosa) Range: NA, PAL: n Canada
Photograph by Raymond J. Barlow © All Rights Reserved.


Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata) Range: MA, SA: c Mexico to Venezuela and Peru Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Himalayan Owl (Strix nivicolum nivicolum) Range: PAL, OR: Himalayas to e Asia Bumthang, Bhutan
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) Near Threatened Range: NA, MA: w Hunter Canyon, Arizona,
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.


Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) Female Near Threatened Range: NA, MA: w Mount Baker, King, Washington State,
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

Small for a 'strix' owl and smaller than the Barred Owl that has now entered its range.


Mottled Wood Owl (Strix ocellata) Range: OR: India and Myanmar Thattekkad, India
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-legged Owl (Strix rufipes rufipes) Range: SA: c Chile to Tierra del Fuego La Campana National Park, Chile
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Cinereous Owl (Strix sartorii) Range: MA: c Mexico Mexico
Photograph by Jose Antonio Robles © All Rights Reserved.

Also known as the Mexican Barred Owl, and sometimes considered the same species as the (Northern) Barred Owl.


Spotted Wood Owl (Strix seloputo) Range: OR: se Asia, ec Sumatra, Java and Palawan group (sw Philippines) Pasir Ris Park, Singapore
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Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) Range: PAL: widespread Hokkaido, Japan
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Barred Owl (Strix varia) Range: NA: se Alaska and s Canada through se, sc USA Florida, United States
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) Range: MA, SA: widespread Pouso Alegre Lodge, Poconé, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii woodfordii) Range: AF: widespread Thyolo Mountain, Malawi
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