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The population of birds |
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This list is not comprehensive, as not all Strigiformes have had their numbers quantified. For a simple list of all owl species, see the article " List of owl species".
Extinct Species:
Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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Abyssinian owl | Asio abyssinicus | ? [6] | LC [6] | [6] | ||
African barred owlet | Glaucidium capense | ? [7] | LC [7] | [7] | ||
African grass-owl | Tyto capensis | ? [8] | LC [8] | [8] | ||
African scops owl | Otus senegalensis | ? [9] | LC [9] | [9] | ||
African wood owl | Strix woodfordii | ? [10] | LC [10] | [10] | ||
Akun eagle-owl | Ketupa leucosticta | ? [11] | LC [11] | [11] | ||
Albertine owlet | Glaucidium albertinum | 2,500-9,999 [12] | [12] | |||
Amazonian Pygmy-owl | Glaucidium hardyi | ? [13] | LC [13] | [13] | ||
Andaman boobook | Ninox affinis | 2,500-9,999 [14] | LC [14] | [14] | ||
Andaman scops owl | Otus balli | ? [15] | LC [15] | [15] | ||
Andean pygmy owl | Glaucidium jardinii | ? [16] | LC [16] | [16] | ||
Anjouan scops owl | Otus capnodes | 2,300-3,600 [17] | [17] | |||
Annobon scops owl | Otus feae | 50-249 [18] | CR [18] | [18] | ||
Arabian eagle-owl | Bubo milesi | 4,000-9,999 [19] | LC [19] | [19] | ||
Arabian scops owl | Otus pamelae | 60,000 [20] | LC [20] | [20] | ||
Ashy-faced owl | Tyto glaucops | ? [21] | LC [21] | [21] | ||
Asian barred owlet | Glaucidium cucoloides | ? [22] | LC [22] | [22] | ||
Austral pygmy owl | Glaucidium nana | ? [23] | LC [23] | [23] | ||
Australian boobook | Ninox boobook | ? [24] | LC [24] | [24] | ||
Australian masked owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | ? [25] | LC [25] | [25] | ||
Baja pygmy owl | Glaucidium hoskinsii | ? [26] | LC [26] | [26] | ||
Balsas screech owl | Megascops seductus | 20,000 – 49,999 [27] | [27] | |||
Band-bellied owl | Pulsatrix melanota | ? [28] | LC [28] | [28] | ||
Banggai scops owl | Otus mendeni | 10,000-40,000 [29] | NT [29] | [29] | ||
Bare-legged owl | Margarobyas lawrencii | ? [30] | LC [30] | [30] | ||
Bare-shanked screech owl | Megascops clarkii | 20,000-49,999 [31] | LC [31] | [31] | ||
Barking owl | Ninox connivens | ? [32] | LC [32] | [32] | ||
Barn owl | Tyto alba | 4,000,000-9,999,999 [33] | [33] | Includes all subspecies | ||
Barred eagle-owl | Bubo sumatranus | ? [34] | NT [34] | [34] | ||
Barred owl | Strix varia | ? [35] | LC [35] | [35] | ||
Bearded screech owl | Megascops barbarus | 20,000 – 49,999 [36] | [36] | |||
Biak scops owl | Otus beccarii | 15,000-45,000 [37] | [37] | |||
Black-and-white owl | Strix nigrolineata | ? [38] | [38] | |||
Black-banded owl | Ciccaba huhula | ? [39] | LC [39] | [39] | ||
Black-capped screech owl | Megascops atricapilla | ? [40] | LC [40] | [40] | ||
Blakiston's fish owl | Ketupa blakistoni | 1,000-2,499 [41] | [41] | This subspecies is included under Bubo blakistoni. [41] | ||
Boreal owl | Aegolius funereus | 730,000-1,810,000 [42] | [42] | |||
Brown boobook | Ninox scutulata | ? [43] | LC [43] | [43] | ||
Brown fish owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | ? [44] | LC [44] | [44] | ||
Brown wood owl | Strix leptogrammica | ? [45] | LC [45] | [45] | ||
Buff-fronted owl | Aegolius harrisii | ? [46] | LC [46] | [46] | ||
Buffy fish owl | Ketupa ketupu | ? [47] | LC [47] | [47] | ||
Burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia | ? [48] | LC [48] | [48] | ||
Buru boobook | Ninox hantu | ? [49] | LC [49] | [49] | ||
Camiguin boobook | Ninox leventisi | 250-1,400 [50] | VU [50] | [50] | ||
Cape eagle-owl | Bubo capensis | ? [51] | LC [51] | [51] | ||
Cebu boobook | Ninox rumseyi | 250-999 [52] | VU [52] | [52] | ||
Central American pygmy owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | ? [53] | [53] | |||
Chaco owl | Strix chacoensis | ? [54] | NT [54] | [54] | ||
Chestnut-backed owlet | Glaucidium castanonotum | 10,000-19,999 [55] | [55] | |||
Chocolate boobook | Ninox randi | ? [56] | NT [56] | [56] | ||
Christmas boobook | Ninox natalis | 1000 [57] | [57] | |||
Cinnabar boobook | Ninox ios | ? [58] | [58] | |||
Cinnamon screech owl | Megascops petersoni | ? [59] | LC [59] | [59] | ||
Cloud-forest pygmy owl | Glaucidium nubicola | 1,500-7,000 [60] | [60] | |||
Cloud-forest screech owl | Megascops marshalli | ? [61] | NT [61] | [61] | ||
Colima pygmy owl | Glaucidium palmarum | 20,000 – 49,999 [62] | [62] | |||
Collared owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | 10,000,000+ [63] | LC [63] | [63] | ||
Collared scops owl | Outs lettia | ? [64] | LC [64] | [64] | ||
Colombian screech owl | Megascops colombianus | 6,700 [65] | [65] | |||
Congo bay owl | Phodilus prigoginei | 2,500-9,999 [66] | [66] | |||
Costa Rican pygmy owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | ? [67] | LC [67] | [67] | ||
Crested owl | Lophostrix cristata | ? [68] | [68] | |||
Cuban pygmy owl | Glaudicium siju | ? [69] | LC [69] | [69] | ||
Cyprus scops owl | Otus cyprius | 10,000-24,000 [70] | LC [70] | [70] | ||
Desert owl | Strix hadorami | ? [71] | LC [71] | [71] | ||
Dusky eagle-owl | Bubo coromandus | ? [72] | LC [72] | [72] | ||
East Brazilian pygmy owl | Glaucidium minutissimum | ? [73] | LC [73] | [73] | ||
Eastern screech owl | Megascops asio | 560,000 [74] | LC [74] | [74] | ||
Elf owl | Micrathene whitneyi | 72,000 [75] | LC [75] | [75] | ||
Enggano scops owl | Otus enganensis | 2,500-9,999 [76] | [76] | |||
Eurasian eagle-owl | Bubo bubo | 100,000-499,999 [77] | [77] | |||
Eurasian pygmy owl | Glaucidium passerinum | 500,000-1,199,999 [78] | [78] | |||
Eurasian scops owl | Otus scops | 790,000-1,350,000 [79] | [79] | |||
Everett's scops owl | Otus everetti | ? [80] | LC [80] | [80] | ||
Fearful owl | Nesasio solomonensis | 2,500-9,999 [81] | [81] | |||
Ferruginous pygmy owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | 20,000,000 [82] | LC [82] | [82] | ||
Flammulated owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | ? [83] | LC [83] | [83] | ||
Flores scops owl | Otus alfredi | 250-2,499 [84] | EN [84] | [84] | ||
Forest owlet | Heteroglaux blewitti | 250-999 [85] | [85] | |||
Fraser's eagle-owl | Bubo poensis | ? [86] | LC [86] | [86] | ||
Fulvous owl | Strix fulvescens | ? [87] | [87] | |||
Giant scops owl | Otus gurneyi | 2,500-9,999 [88] | [88] | |||
Golden masked owl | Tyto aurantia | 2,500-9,999 [89] | [89] | |||
Great grey owl | Strix nebulosa | 50,000-99,999 [90] | [90] | |||
Great horned owl | Bubo virginianus | ? [91] | LC [91] | [91] | ||
Greater sooty owl | Tyto tenebricosa | ? [92] | [92] | |||
Greyish eagle-owl | Bubo cinerascens | ? [93] | LC [93] | [93] | ||
Guatemalan pygmy owl | Glaucidium cobanense | ? [94] | LC [94] | [94] | ||
Halmahera boobook | Ninox hypogramma | ? [95] | LC [95] | [95] | ||
Himalayan owl | Strix nivicolum | ? [96] | LC [96] | [96] | ||
Hume's boobook | Ninox obscura | ? [97] | LC [97] | [97] | ||
Indian eagle-owl | Bubo bengalensis | ? [98] | LC [98] | [98] | ||
Indian scops-owl | Otus bakkamoena | ? [99] | LC [99] | [99] | ||
Itombwe owl | Phodilus prigoginei | 2,500-9,999 [100] | EN [100] | [100] | ||
Jamaican owl | Pseudoscops grammicus | ? [101] | LC [101] | [101] | ||
Japanese scops owl | Otus semitorques | ? [102] | LC [102] | [102] | ||
Javan owlet | Glacidium castanopterum | ? [103] | LC [103] | [103] | ||
Javan scops owl | Otus angelinae | 1,500-7,000 [104] | [104] | |||
Jungle owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | ? [105] | LC [105] | [105] | ||
Karthala scops owl | Otus pauliani | 2,300 [106] | [106] | |||
Koepcke's screech owl | Megascops koepckeae | ? [107] | LC [107] | [107] | ||
Least boobook | Ninox sumbaensis | 10,000-19,999 [108] | [108] | |||
Lesser horned owl | Bubo magellanicus | ? [109] | LC [109] | [109] | ||
Lesser sooty owl | Tyto multipunctata | 4,000 [110] | [110] | Estimated to be around 2,000 breeding pairs [111] | ||
Little owl | Athene noctua | 5,000,000-9,999,999 [112] | [112] | |||
Long-eared owl | Asio otus | 2,200,000-3,700,000 [113] | [113] | |||
Long-tufted screech owl | Megascops sanctaecatarinae | ? [114] | LC [114] | [114] | ||
Long-whiskered owlet | Xenoglaux loweryi | 250-999 [115] | [115] | |||
Luzon boobook | Ninox philippensis | ? [116] | LC [116] | [116] | ||
Luzon scops owl | Otus longicornis | ? [117] | NC [117] | [117] | ||
Madagascar owl | Asio madagascariensis | ? [118] | LC [118] | [118] | ||
Makira Boobook | Ninox roseoaxillaris | 2,500-9,999 [119] | [119] | |||
Malaita Boobook | Ninox malaitae | 2,500-9,999 [120] | [120] | |||
Mantanani scops owl | Otus mantananensis | 6,000-15,000 [121] | [121] | |||
Maned owl | Jubula lettii | ? [122] | DD [122] | [122] | ||
Manus boobook | Ninox meeki | ? [123] | LC [123] | [123] | ||
Manus masked owl | Tyto manusi | ? [124] | [124] | This subspecies is included under Tyto novaehollandiae. Population estimates are not given. [124] | ||
Marsh owl | Asio capensis | ? [125] | LC [125] | [125] | ||
Mayotte scops owl | Otus mayottensis | ? [126] | LC [126] | [126] | ||
Mentawai scops owl | Otus mentawi | 10,000-19,999 [127] | [127] | |||
Middle American screech owl | Megascops guatemalae | ? [128] | [128] | |||
Minahasa masked owl | Tyto inexspectata | 2,500-9,999 [129] | [129] | |||
Mindanao boobook | Ninox spilocephala | ? [130] | NT [130] | [130] | ||
Mindanao scops owl | Outs mirus | ? [131] | NT [131] | [131] | ||
Mindoro boobook | Ninox mindorensis | 2,500-9,999 [132] | VU [132] | [132] | ||
Mindoro scops owl | Otus mindorensis | 10,000-19,999 [133] | [133] | |||
Moheli scops owl | Otus moheliensis | 260 [134] | [134] | |||
Moluccan masked owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | ? [135] | LC [135] | [135] | ||
Moluccan scops owl | Otus magicus | ? [136] | LC [136] | [136] | ||
Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae | ? [137] | LC [137] | [137] | ||
Mottled owl | Strix virgata | ? [138] | [138] | |||
Mottled wood owl | Strix ocellata | ? [139] | LC [139] | [139] | ||
Mountain pygmy owl | Glaucidium gnoma | ? [140] | LC [140] | [140] | ||
Mountain scops owl | Otus spilocephalus | ? [141] | LC [141] | [141] | ||
Negros scops owl | Otus nigrorum | 1,000-2,499 [142] | VU [142] | [142] | ||
New Britain boobook | Ninox odiosa | 10,000-19,999 [143] | [143] | |||
New Ireland boobook | Ninox variegata | ? [144] | LC [144] | [144] | ||
Nicobar scops owl | Otus alius | 2,500-9,999 [145] | NT [145] | [145] | ||
Northern boobook | Ninox japonica | ? [146] | LC [146] | [146] | ||
Northern hawk-owl | Surnia ulula | 100,000-499,999 [147] | [147] | |||
Northern pygmy owl | Glaucidium californicum | ? [148] | LC [148] | [148] | ||
Northern saw-whet owl | Aegolius acadicus | 2,000,000 [149] | LC [149] | [149] | ||
Northern white-faced owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | ? [150] | LC [150] | [150] | ||
Ochre-bellied boobook | Ninox ochracea | 10,000-19,999 [151] | [151] | |||
Omani owl | Strix butleri | ? [152] | LC [152] | [152] | ||
Oriental bay owl | Phodilus badius | ? [153] | LC [153] | [153] | ||
Oriental scops owl | Otus sunia | ? [154] | LC [154] | [154] | ||
Pacific pygmy owl | Glaucidium peruanum | ? [155] | LC [155] | [155] | ||
Pacific screech owl | Megascops cooperi | 50,000-499,999 [156] | [156] | |||
Palawan scops owl | Otus fuliginosus | 10,000-19,999 [157] | [157] | |||
Pemba scops owl | Otus pembaensis | 3,000 [158] | [158] | |||
Pernambuco pygmy owl | Glaucidium mooreorum | 0-49 [159] | [159] | Maximum estimate; possibly extinct. [159] | ||
Philippine eagle-owl | Bubo philippensis | 2,500-9,999 [160] | [160] | |||
Powerful owl | Ninox strenua | 2,200-2,800 [161] | [161] | |||
Principe Scops-owl | Otus bikegila | 1,149-1,597 [162] | [162] | |||
Red owl | Tyto soumagnei | 2,500-9,999 [163] | [163] | |||
Rote Boobook | Ninox rotiensis | 500-5,000 [164] | [164] | |||
Rufous fishing owl | Scotopelia ussheri | 2,500-9,999 [165] | [165] | |||
São Tomé scops owl | Otus hartlaubi | 250-999 [166] | [166] | |||
Serendib scops owl | Otus thilohoffmanni | 150-700 [167] | [167] | |||
Seychelles Scops-owl | Otus insularis | 200-280 [168] | [168] | |||
Shelley's eagle-owl | Bubo shelleyi | 1,500-7,000 [169] | [169] | |||
Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus | 1,200,000-2,100,000 [170] | [170] | |||
Siau scops owl | Otus siaoensis | 1-49 [171] | [171] | |||
Snowy owl | Bubo scandiaca | 14,000-28,000 [172] | [172] | |||
Sokoke scops owl | Otus ireneae | 2,500-9,999 [173] | [173] | |||
Spectacled owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | ? [174] | [174] | |||
Spotted owl | Strix occidentalis | 15,000 [175] | [175] | |||
Striped owl | Pseudoscops clamator | 500,000-4,999,999 [176] | [176] | |||
Stygian owl | Asio stygius | ? [177] | [177] | |||
Sula scops-owl | Otus sulaensis | ? [178] | [178] | |||
Sumba boobook | Ninox rudolfi | 6,000-15,000 [179] | [179] | |||
Taliabu masked owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea | 250-999 [180] | ? [180] | |||
Tamaulipas pygmy owl | Glaucidium sanchezi | 20,000 – 49,999 [181] | [181] | |||
Tawny owl | Strix aluco | 1,000,000-2,999,999 [182] | [182] | |||
Togian boobook | Ninox burhani | 1,500-7,000 [183] | [183] | |||
Unspotted saw-whet owl | Aegolius ridgwayi | ? [184] | [184] | |||
Usambara eagle-owl | Bubo vosseleri | ? [185] | [185] | This subspecies is included under Bubo poensis. [185] | ||
White-fronted scops owl | Otus sagittatus | 2,500-9,999 [186] | [186] |