List of the official 254 owl species according to the International Ornithological Committee
last updated August 2024
| IOC index | Common Name | Binomial Name | Wikipedia Link |
|---|
IOC index | Common Name | Binomial Name | Wikipedia Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater sooty owl | Tyto tenebricosa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_sooty_owl |
| 2 | Lesser sooty owl | Tyto multipunctata | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_sooty_owl |
| 3 | Minahasa masked owl | Tyto inexspectata | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minahasa_masked_owl |
| 4 | Taliabu masked owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliabu_masked_owl |
| 5 | Moluccan masked owl | Tyto sororcula | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moluccan_masked_owl |
| 6 | Manus masked owl | Tyto manusi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manus_masked_owl |
| 7 | Golden masked owl | Tyto aurantia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_masked_owl |
| 8 | Australian masked owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_masked_owl |
| 9 | Sulawesi masked owl | Tyto rosenbergii | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi_masked_owl |
| 10 | Red owl | Tyto soumagnei | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_owl |
| 11 | Western barn owl | Tyto alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_barn_owl |
| 12 | American barn owl | Tyto furcata | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_barn_owl |
| 13 | Eastern barn owl | Tyto javanica | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_barn_owl |
| 14 | Andaman masked owl | Tyto deroepstorffi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_masked_owl |
| 15 | Ashy-faced owl | Tyto glaucops | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashy-faced_owl |
| 16 | African grass owl | Tyto capensis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_grass_owl |
| 17 | Eastern grass owl | Tyto longimembris | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_grass_owl |
| 18 | Itombwe owl | Tyto prigoginei | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itombwe_owl |
| 19 | Oriental bay owl | Phodilus badius | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_bay_owl |
| 20 | Sri Lanka bay owl | Phodilus assimilis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_bay_owl |
| 21 | Papuan hawk-owl | Uroglaux dimorpha | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_hawk-owl |
| 22 | Laughing owl | Ninox albifacies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_owl |
| 23 | Rufous owl | Ninox rufa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_owl |
| 24 | Powerful owl | Ninox strenua | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerful_owl |
| 25 | Barking owl | Ninox connivens | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking_owl |
| 26 | Sumba boobook | Ninox rudolfi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumba_boobook |
| 27 | Australian boobook | Ninox boobook | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_boobook |
| 28 | Rote boobook | Ninox rotiensis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_boobook |
| 29 | Timor boobook | Ninox fusca | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor_boobook |
| 30 | Alor boobook | Ninox plesseni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alor_boobook |
| 31 | Tasmanian boobook | Ninox leucopsis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_boobook |
| 32 | Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork |
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