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Strigidaetypical owls

  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Eumetazoametazoans
      • Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
        • Deuterostomiadeuterostomes
          • PhylumChordatachordates
            • Craniatacraniates
              • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
                • SuperclassGnathostomatajawed vertebrates
                  • Euteleostomibony vertebrates
                    • ClassSarcopterygiilobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates
                      • Tetrapodatetrapods
                        • Amniotaamniotes
                          • ClassReptiliaturtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
                            • ClassAvesbirds
                              • SubclassNeognathaeneognath birds
                                • InfraclassNeoavesmodern birds
                                  • OrderStrigiformesowls
                                    • FamilyStrigidaetypical owls
                                      • GenusAegoliussaw-whet owls
                                      • GenusAsioeared owls
                                      • GenusAtheneburrowing owls
                                      • GenusBuboeagle-owls and horned owls
                                      • GenusCiccababanded owls
                                      • GenusGlaucidiumowlets and pygmy-owls
                                      • GymnoglauxCuban screech owl
                                      • GenusHeteroglaux
                                      • GenusJubulamaned owl
                                      • GenusKetupafish owls
                                      • GenusLophostrixcrested owl
                                      • GenusMicratheneelf owl
                                      • Mimizukugiant scops owl
                                      • GenusNesasiofearful owl
                                      • GenusNinoxboobooks
                                      • GenusNycteasnowy owl
                                      • GenusOtusscops-owls and screech-owls
                                      • GenusPseudoscopsJamaican owl and striped owl
                                      • Ptilopsiswhite-faced owls
                                      • GenusPulsatrixspectacled owl and relatives
                                      • GenusPyrroglauxPalau owl
                                      • GenusSceloglauxlaughing owl
                                      • GenusScotopeliafishing-owls
                                      • GenusStrixearless owls
                                      • GenusSurniahawk-owls
                                      • GenusUroglauxPapuan boobook
                                      • GenusXenoglauxlong-whiskered owlet

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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
  • PhylumChordatachordates
  • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
  • ClassAvesbirds
  • OrderStrigiformesowls
  • FamilyStrigidaetypical owls

Related Taxa

  • SpeciesAegolius acadicusnorthern saw-whet owl
  • SpeciesAegolius funereusboreal owl
  • SpeciesAsio flammeusshort-eared owl
  • SpeciesAsio otuslong-eared owl
  • SpeciesAthene cuniculariaburrowing owl
  • SpeciesAthene noctualittle owl
  • SpeciesBubo blakistoniBlakiston's eagle-owl
  • SpeciesBubo buboEurasian eagle-owl
  • SpeciesBubo virginianusgreat horned owl
  • SpeciesCiccaba nigrolineatablack-and-white owl
  • SpeciesGlaucidium brasilianumferruginous pygmy owl
  • SpeciesGlaucidium gnomamountain pygmy-owl
  • SpeciesGlaucidium passerinumEurasian pygmy owl
  • SpeciesKetupa zeylonensisbrown fish owl
  • SpeciesMicrathene whitneyielf owl
  • SpeciesNyctea scandiacasnowy owl
  • SpeciesOtus asioeastern screech owl
  • SpeciesOtus flammeolusflammulated owl
  • SpeciesOtus kennicottiiwestern screech owl
  • SpeciesOtus marshallicloud-forest screech
  • SpeciesOtus scopscommon scops-owl
  • SpeciesOtus trichopsiswhiskered screech owl
  • SpeciesPtilopsis grantisouthern white-faced owl
  • SpeciesPulsatrix perspicillataspectacled owl
  • SpeciesStrix alucotawny owl
  • SpeciesStrix nebulosagreat grey owl
  • SpeciesStrix occidentalisspotted owl
  • SpeciesStrix variabarred owl
  • SpeciesStrix virgatamottled owl
  • SpeciesSurnia ululanorthern hawk owl