Mga Uri ng Owls at isang AZ Species List
Ang mga ibon ay ilan sa mga pinakasikat na raptors, hindi lamang para sa kanilang mga gawi sa gabi at kahanga-hangang nagpapahayag na mga mukha, kundi pati na rin sa kanilang mga natitirang kakayahan at maraming mga alamat at pamahiin na nakapaligid sa kanila. Sila ay natagpuan sa buong mundo, at maaari itong maging mas madali kaysa sa maraming mga birders mapagtanto upang pumunta owling at idagdag ang mga kahanga-hangang mga ibon sa kanilang listahan ng buhay . Higit pa rito, maraming mga owl ang perpektong ambasador ng mga ibon sa mga aviary, zoo at sentro ng kalikasan, kaya't makikita ng lahat ang mga ito nang malapit at makilala nang pamilyar sa kanilang mga paboritong owl.
Mga Uri ng Owls
Mayroong higit sa 225 species ng owl sa mundo, na nahahati sa dalawang pamilya. Ang mga kuwago ng mga manok na may hiwalay na mga hugis sa puso na mga facial disks ang bumubuo sa pamilyang Tytonidae , samantalang ang lahat ng iba pang mga species ng kuwago ay nasa pamilya Strigidae . Maaaring mukhang tulad ng maraming iba pang mga species, gayunpaman, dahil maraming mga owls pumunta sa pamamagitan ng isang bilang ng mga iba't ibang mga karaniwang mga pangalan sa buong kanilang mga saklaw. Ito ay mahalaga na matutunan ang pang-agham na mga pangalan ng mga owel upang maging tiyak sa tamang pagkakakilanlan at hindi pagkakamali ng isang pangkaraniwang pangalan para sa isang ganap na magkakaibang species.
Habang lamang ang isang maliit na bilang ng mga species ng owl ay inuri bilang endangered, halos 50 species ay maaaring mahina o threatened na may marahas na populasyon tanggihan. Maraming mga species ay hindi pa pinag-aralan ng sapat na sapat upang gumawa ng tamang pagpapasiya ng kanilang katayuan, at sa gayon ang mga bilang ng mga owls na maaaring nasa panganib ng pagkalipol ay maaaring mas mataas pa. Ang mga lokal na populasyon ay maaaring magdusa ng malubhang banta sa mga bahagi ng kanilang hanay ngunit hindi ituring na endangered o nanganganib sa buong mundo.
Mahalaga na ang mga pagsisikap sa pag-iingat ay ilalagay upang maprotektahan ang lahat ng mga kuwago upang mapanatili ang mga makapangyarihang at kaakit-akit na mga ibon na ito upang matamasa ang mga susunod na henerasyon ng mga birder.
Alpabetikong Listahan ng mga Species ng Owl
Inayos ayon sa Karaniwang Pangalan
* - Itinuturing na nanganganib o mahina dahil sa pagbaba ng populasyon at lumalaki ang mga pagbabanta ng kaligtasan
** - Nakalista bilang endangered at sa mga kritikal na panganib ng pagkalipol kung ang konserbasyon ay hindi ipinatupad (Classification ng BirdLife International)
Tytonidae Owls
- African Grass-Owl ( Tyto capensis )
- Ashy-Faced Owl ( Tyto glaucops )
- ** Australian Masked-Owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae )
- Common Barn-Owl ( Tyto alba )
- Congo Bay-Owl ( Phodilus prigoginei )
- * Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris )
- Golden Masked-Owl ( Tyto aurantia )
- Greater Sooty-Owl ( Tyto tenebricosa )
- * Lesser Sooty-Owl ( Tyto multipunctata )
- Madagascar Red Owl ( Tyto soumagnei )
- Minahassa Masked-Owl ( Tyto inexspectata )
- ** Oriental Bay-Owl ( Phodilus badius )
- Seram Masked-Owl ( Tyto almae )
- Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis )
- * Sulawesi Masked-Owl ( Tyto rosenbergii )
- Taliabu Masked-Owl ( Tyto nigrobrunnea )
Strigidae Owls
- African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense )
- African Long-Eared Owl ( Asio abyssinicus )
- African Scops-Owl ( Otus senegalensis )
- African Wood-Owl ( Strix woodfordii )
- Akun Eagle-Owl ( Bubo leucostictus )
- * Albertine Owlet ( Glaucidium albertinum )
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
- * Andaman Boobook ( Ninox affinis )
- * Andaman Scops-Owl ( Otus balli )
- Andean Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium jardinii )
- ** Anjouan Scops-Owl ( Otus capnodes )
- ** Annobon Scops-Owl ( Otus feae )
- Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae )
- Asian Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium cuculoides )
- Austral Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nana )
- Baja Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
- Balsas Screech-Owl ( Megascops seductus )
- Band-Bellied Owl ( Pulsatrix melanota )
- * Banggai Scops-Owl ( Otus mendeni )
- Hubad Screech-Owl ( Margarobyas lawrencii )
- Bare-Shanked Screech-Owl ( Megascops clarkii )
- Barking Owl ( Ninox connivens )
- Barred Eagle-Owl ( Bubo sumatranus )
- Barred Owl ( Strix varia )
- * Bearded Screech-Owl ( Megascops barbarus )
- * Biak Scops-Owl ( Otus beccarii )
- Bismarck Boobook ( Ninox variegata )
- Black-and-White Owl ( Ciccaba nigrolineata )
- Black-Banded Owl ( Ciccaba huhula )
- Black-Capped Screech-Owl ( Megascops atricapilla )
- ** Blakiston's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo blakistoni )
- Boreal Owl ( Aegolius funereus )
- Brown Boobook ( Ninox scutulata )
- Brown Fish-Owl ( Ketupa zeylonensis )
- Brown Wood-Owl ( Strix leptogrammica )
- Buff-Fronted Owl ( Aegolius harrisii )
- Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu )
- Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia )
- Buru Boobook ( Ninox hantu )
- ** Camiguin Boobook ( Ninox leventisi )
- Cape Eagle-Owl ( Bubo capensis )
- ** Cebu Boobook ( Ninox rumseyi )
- Central American Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps )
- Chaco Owl ( Strix chacoensis )
- Chestnut Owlet ( Glaucidium castaneum )
- * Chestnut- Backed Owlet ( Glaucidium castanotum )
- * Chocolate Boobook ( Ninox randi )
- * Christmas Boobook ( Ninox natalis )
- * Cinnabar Boobook ( Ninox ios )
- Cinnamon Screech-Owl ( Megascops petersoni )
- * Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
- * Cloudforest Screech-Owl ( Megascops marshalli )
- Colima Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium palmarum )
- Collared Owlet ( Glaucidium brodiei )
- Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia )
- * Colombian Screech-Owl ( Megascops colombianus )
- Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium costaricanum )
- Crested Owl ( Lophostrix cristata )
- Cuban Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium siju )
- Dusky Eagle-Owl ( Bubo coromandus )
- Eastern Screech-Owl ( Megascops asio )
- Elf Owl ( Micrathene whitneyi )
- * Enggano Scops-Owl ( Otus enganensis )
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo )
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
- Eurasian Scops-Owl ( Otus scops )
- * Nakakatakot na Owl ( Nesasio solomonensis )
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum )
- Flammulated Owl ( Psiloscops flammeolus )
- ** Flores Scops-Owl ( Otus alfredi )
- ** Forest Owlet ( Heteroglaux blewitti )
- Ang Eagle-Owl ni Fraser ( Bubo poensis )
- Fulvous Owl ( Strix fulvescens )
- * Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi )
- ** Grand Comoro Scops-Owl ( Otus pauliani )
- Great Grey Owl ( Strix nebulosa )
- Ang Great Horned Owl ( Bubo virginianus )
- Greyish Eagle-Owl ( Bubo cinerascens )
- * Guadalcanal Boobook ( Ninox granti )
- Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium cobanense )
- Guatemalan Screech-Owl ( Megascops guatemalae )
- Halmahera Boobook ( Ninox hypogramma )
- Himalayan Owl ( Strix nivicolum )
- Hume's Boobook ( Ninox obscura )
- Hume's Owl ( Strix butleri )
- Indian Scops-Owl ( Otus bakkamoena )
- Jamaican Owl ( Pseudoscops grammicus )
- Japanese Scops-Owl ( Otus semitorques )
- Javan Owlet ( Glaucidium castanopterum )
- * Javan Scops-Owl ( Otus angelinae )
- Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha )
- Jungle Owlet ( Glaucidium radiatum )
- Screech-Owl Koepcke ( Megascops koepckeae )
- * Pinakamalaki Boobook ( Ninox sumbaensis )
- Hindi bababa sa Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium minutissimum )
- Little Owl ( Athene noctua )
- Long-Tufted Screech-Owl ( Megascops sanctaecatarinae )
- ** Long-Whiskered Owlet ( Xenoglaux loweryi )
- Luzon Boobook ( Ninox philippensis )
- * Luzon Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus longicornis )
- Luzon Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis )
- Madagascar Long-Eared Owl ( Asio madagascariensis )
- Madagascar Scops-Owl ( Otus rutilus )
- Magellanic Horned Owl ( Bubo magellanicus )
- * Makira Boobook ( Ninox roseoaxillaris )
- * Malaita Boobook ( Ninox malaitae )
- Maned Owl ( Jubula lettii )
- * Mantanani Scops-Owl ( Otus mantananensis )
- Manus Boobook ( Ninox meeki )
- Marsh Owl ( Asio capensis )
- Mayotte Scops-Owl ( Otus mayottensis )
- * Mentawai Scops-Owl ( Otus mentawi )
- * Mindanao Boobook ( Ninox spilocephala )
- * Mindanao Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus mirus )
- Mindanao Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus everetti )
- * Mindoro Boobook ( Ninox mindorensis )
- * Mindoro Scops-Owl ( Otus mindorensis )
- ** Moheli Scops-Owl ( Otus moheliensis )
- Moluccan Scops-Owl ( Otus magicus )
- Morepork ( Ninox novaeseelandiae )
- Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata )
- Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata )
- Mountain Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium gnoma )
- Mountain Scops-Owl ( Otus spilocephalus )
- * New Britain Boobook ( Ninox odiosa )
- Nicobar Scops-Owl ( Otus alius )
- Northern Boobook ( Ninox japonica )
- Northern Hawk-Owl ( Surnia ulula )
- Northern Long-Eared Owl ( Asio otus )
- Northern Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium californicum )
- Northern Saw- Whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus )
- Northern White-Faced Owl ( Ptilopsis leucotis )
- * Ocher-Bellied Boobook ( Ninox ochracea )
- Omani Owl ( Strix omanensis )
- Oriental Scops-Owl ( Otus sunia )
- Pacific Screech-Owl ( Megascops cooperi )
- Palau Owl ( Pyrroglaux podargina )
- * Palawan Scops-Owl ( Otus fuliginosus )
- Pallid Scops-Owl ( Otus brucei )
- Papuan Boobook ( Uroglaux dimorpha )
- Pearl-Spotted Owlet ( Glaucidium perlatum )
- Pel's Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia peli )
- * Pemba Scops-Owl ( Otus pembaensis )
- ** Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium mooreorum )
- Peruvian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium peruanum )
- Peruvian Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
- Paraiso Eagle-Owl ( Bubo ascalaphus )
- * Philippine Eagle-Owl ( Bubo philippensis )
- Makapangyarihang Owl ( Ninox strenua )
- Puerto Rican Screech-Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
- Rajah Scops-Owl ( Otus brookii )
- Red-Chested Owlet ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
- * Mapaglalang Scops-Owl ( Otus rufescens )
- * Rinjani Scops-Owl ( Otus jolandae )
- Rock Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bengalensis )
- * Romblon Boobook ( Ninox spilonotus )
- Rufescent Screech-Owl (Megascops ingens)
- * Rufous Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia ussheri )
- Rufous Owl ( Ninox rufa )
- Rufous-Banded Owl ( Ciccaba albitarsis )
- Rufous-Legged Owl ( Strix rufipes )
- * Rusty-Barred Owl ( Strix hylophila )
- * Ryukyu Scops-Owl ( Otus elegans )
- Sandy Scops-Owl ( Otus icterorhynchus )
- Sangihe Scops-Owl ( Otus collari )
- * Sao Tome Scops-Owl ( Otus hartlaubi )
- Seram Boobook ( Ninox squamipila )
- ** Serendib Scops-Owl ( Otus thilohoffmanni )
- ** Seychelles Scops-Owl ( Otus insularis )
- * Shelley's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo shelleyi )
- Short-Eared Owl ( Asio flammeus )
- ** Siau Scops-Owl ( Otus siaoensis )
- * Simeulue Scops-Owl ( Otus umbra )
- Owlet ng Sjostedt ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
- Nalalatagan ng niyebe ( Bubo scandiacus )
- Socotra Scops-Owl ( Otus socotranus )
- ** Sokoke Scops-Owl ( Otus ireneae )
- Southern Boobook ( Ninox boobook )
- Southern White-Faced Owl ( Ptilopsis granti )
- Speckled Boobook ( Ninox punctulata )
- Spectacled Owl ( Pulsatrix perspicillata )
- Spot-Bellied Eagle-Owl ( Bubo nipalensis )
- Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus )
- * Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis )
- Spotted Owlet ( Athene brama )
- Naka -spotted Wood-Owl ( Strix seloputo )
- May guhit na Owl ( Asio clamator )
- Stygian Owl ( Asio stygius )
- Subtropical Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium parkeri )
- * Sula Scops-Owl ( Otus sulaensis )
- Sulawesi Scops-Owl ( Otus manadensis )
- * Sulu Boobook ( Ninox reyi )
- * Sumba Boobook ( Ninox rudolfi )
- Sunda Scops-Owl ( Otus lempiji )
- Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
- Tanimbar Boobook ( Ninox forbesi )
- Tasmanian Boobook ( Ninox leucopsis )
- Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes )
- Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco )
- Tawny-Bellied Screech-Owl ( Megascops watsonii )
- Tawny-Browed Owl ( Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana )
- * Togian Boobook ( Ninox burhani )
- Tropical Screech-Owl ( Megascops choliba )
- Tucuman Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium tucumanum )
- Walang nakitang Saw-Whet Owl ( Aegolius ridgwayi )
- Ural Owl ( Strix uralensis )
- Vermiculated Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia bouvieri )
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl ( Megascops vermiculatus )
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo lacteus )
- * Bisaya Scops-Owl ( Otus nigrorum )
- Wallace's Scops-Owl ( Otus silvicola )
- West Solomons Boobook ( Ninox jacquinoti )
- Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii )
- Wetar Scops-Owl ( Otus tempestatis )
- Whiskered Screech-Owl ( Megascops trichopsis )
- White-Browed Owl ( Athene superciliaris )
- * White-Fronted Scops-Owl ( Otus sagittatus )
- White-Throated Screech-Owl ( Megascops albogularis )
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium bolivianum )
- Yungas Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )