Owl Species List

Mawungu ndiwo mamwe emhando dzakakurumbira, kwete chete maitiro avo emanheru uye zviso zvinoshamisa zvinoshamisa, asiwo nokuda kwezvavanokwanisa uye nheyo dzakawanda uye mashura anovakomberedza. Dzinowanikwa munyika yose, uye inogona kuva nyore kupfuura vakawanda vanoona shiri vachiona kuti vanoenda uye vanowedzera shiri idzi dzinoshamisa kumararamiro avo. Uyezve, mahovha mazhinji ndeaakanaka shiri kune dzimwe nyika, mazango uye nzvimbo dzakasikwa, saka munhu wose anogona kuzviona akaswedera pedyo uye anonyatsoziva neavo vaanoda.

Marudzi eOwls

Kune zvinopfuura makumi maviri nemakumi maviri nemasere emarudzi munyika, zvakakamurwa kuva mhuri mbiri. Mashupuru ediki ane maitiro akasiyana-siyana akafanana neomwoyo weTytonidae , asi mamwe ose eve ari mumhuri yeStrigidae . Izvozvo zvinogona kuita sokuti kune mamwe akawanda emarudzi, zvisinei, nokuti mazhinji mahovha anofamba nemamwe mazita akasiyana mazita mukati mawo mahara. Izvi zvinoita kuti zvive zvakakosha kudzidza mazita ezvesayenzi emakungu kuti ave nechokwadi chekuziva zvakakodzera uye kwete kukanganisa zita rimwe chete rezvisikwa zvakasiyana zvakasiyana.

Kunyange zvazvo mashomanana ezvinyuchi zvisikwa zvakasanganiswa pangozi, anenge makumi mashanu evanhu vari kutambura kana kutyisidzirwa nehuwandu hwehuwandu hwevanhu. Mhando dzakawanda dzisina kudzidzwa zvakakwana zvakakwana kuti dzigadzirise zvakakwana zvehupenyu hwavo, uye saka nhamba dzemashizha dzinogona kuva pangozi yekuparara dzinogona kunge dzakakwirira. Vanhu vomunharaunda vanogonawo kutyisidzirwa zvakanyanya mune zvikamu zvehupenyu hwavo asi kwete kutaridzirwa pangozi kana kutyisidzirwa pasi rose.

Zvakakosha kuti miitiro yekuchengetedza iiswe panzvimbo yekuchengetedza mhou dzose kuchengetedza shiri idzi dzine simba uye dzinonakidza kumarudzi akatevera evanhu vanofambisa shiri.

Alphafatical List of Owl Species
Yakarongedzwa neZita Rinofanirwa

* - Inofungidzirwa kutyisidzirwa kana kushungurudzwa nekuda kwehuwandu hwevanhu inopera uye kukura kutyisidzirwa
** - Inorondedzerwa sekugadziriswa uye iri pangozi yekuparara kana kuchengetedza kusina kuitwa (Kurongwa neBirdLife 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 )
• * Zvishoma Zvishoma-Zvisikwa ( 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 Mutsvuku-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 )
• Bare-Legged Screech-Owl ( Margarobyas lawrencii )
• Bare-Shanked Screech-Owl ( Megascops clarkii )
• Barking Owl ( Ninox connivens )
• Bredred 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 )
• * Chikumbaridzo-Chengetedzwa ( Glaucidium castanotum )
• * Chocolate Boobook ( Ninox randi )
• * Krisimasi 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 )
• * Kutya Owl ( Nesasio solomonensis )
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum )
• Chirume Chiwuru ( Psiloscops flammeolus )
• ** Mvura Inopenya-Owl ( Otus alfredi )
• ** Forest Owlet ( Heteroglaux blewitti )
• Fraser's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo poensis )
• Fulvous Owl ( Strix fulvescens )
• * Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi )
• ** Grand Comoro Scops-Owl ( Otus pauliani )
• Guru Grey Owl ( Strix nebulosa )
• 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 )
• Koepcke's Screech-Owl ( Megascops koepckeae )
• * Least Boobook ( Ninox sumbaensis )
• Yechechi 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-Eyed Owl ( Asio madagascariensis )
• Madagascar Scops-Owl ( Otus rutilus )
• Magellanic Horned Owl ( Bubo magellanicus )
• * Makira Boobook ( Ninox roseoaxillaris )
• * Marita 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 )
• Gomo 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 )
• North White-Faced Owl ( Ptilopsis leucotis )
• * Ocher-Bellied Boobook ( Ninox ochracea )
• Omani Owl ( Strix omanensis )
• Oriental Scops-Owl ( Otus sunia )
• Pacific Screech-Owl ( Megascops coopereri )
• 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 maviri )
• * Pemba Scops-Owl ( Otus pembaensis )
• ** Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium mooreorum )
• Puroviavian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium peruanum )
• Peruvian Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
• Farao Eagle-Owl ( Bubo ascalaphus )
• * Philippine Eagle-Owl ( Bubo philippensis )
• Simba Owl ( Ninox strenua )
• Puerto Rican Screech-Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
• Rajah Scops-Owl ( Otus brookii )
• Red-Chested Owlet ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
• * Reddish Scops-Owl ( Otus rufescens )
• * Rinjani Scops-Owl ( Otus jolandae )
• Rock Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bengalensis )
• * Romblon Boobook ( Ninox spilonotus )
• Rufescent Screech-Owl ( Megascops ingens )
• * Rufous Hove-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 )
• Sjostedt's Owlet ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
• Snowy Owl ( 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 )
• * Kutarirwa Owl ( Strix occidentalis )
• Spotted Owlet ( Athene brama )
• Spotted Wood-Owl ( Strix seloputo )
• Striped 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 inobesi )
• Tasmanian Boobook ( Ninox leucopsis )
• Tawny Hove-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 )
• Unspotted 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 )
• * Visayan 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 )
• Yakachena-Yakaputika Screech-Owl ( Megascops albogularis )
• Yungas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium bolivianum )
• Yungas Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )