Strigidae

Micrathene whitneyi (Photo from Wangchao) Common name:elf owl (en); mocho-duende (pt); chevêchette des saguaros (fr); mochuelo de los saguaros (es); elfenkauz (de) Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:These North American birds are found in desert and arid areas of western Mexico and the southern United States, in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and south-eastern California.Size:These tiny owls are 12,5-14…

Asio otus Photo by Greg Smith (Wikipedia) Common name:long-eared owl (en); bufo-pequeno (pt); hibou moyen-duc (fr); búho chico (es); waldohreule (de) Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Europe, North America and Asia, between 20º N and 65º N. They are also found in north-western Africa.Size:These birds are 35-38 cm long and have…

Pseudoscops clamator Photo by Michel Giraud-Audine (Flickr) Common name:striped owl (en); coruja-orelhuda (pt); hibou strié (fr); lechuzón orejudo (es); schreieule (de) Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:There are four different subspecies with disjunct ranges. P. c. forbesi is found from southern Mexico to Panama. P. c. clamator is found in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas, extreme northern Brazil, Ecuador…

Ptilopsis leucotis (Photo from Blogodisea) Common name:northern white-faced owl (en); mocho-de-faces-brancas-nortenho (pt); petit-duc à face blanche du nord (fr); autillo cariblanco norteño (es); nordbüscheleule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This African species is found along the Sahel belt, south of the Sahara desert, from Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in…

bubo virginianus Photo by Brendan Lally (Wikipedia) Common name:great horned owl (en); corujão-orelhudo (pt); gran-duc d’Amérique (fr); búho cornudo (es); Virginia-uhu (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:The great horned owl is widely distributed in the Americas, being found from Alaska and northern Canada, to Tierra del Fuego. They are only absent from the densest rain forests in Central…

Otus sunia (Photo from World Bird Info) Common name:oriental scops-owl (en); mocho-d’orelhas-oriental (pt); petit-duc d’Orient (fr); autillo oriental (es); Orient-zwergohreule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This Asian species is found breeding from northern Pakistan and India, through Nepal and Bangladesh, into southern China and Indochina, and further north through eastern and north-eastern China and into Korea, Japan and Sakhalin in…

Ninox rufa (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:rufous owl (en); coruja-ruiva (pt); ninoxe rousse (fr); nínox rojizo (es); rostkauz (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found in northern Australia, New Guinea and the Aru Islands.Size:These birds are 46-57 cm long and have a wingspan of 100-120 cm. Females tend to be smaller than male, weighing 700-1.050 g…

Bubo africanus Photo by Johann du Preez (Fotopedia) Common name:spotted eagle owl (en); bufo-malhado (pt); grand-duc africain (fr); búho manchado (es); fleckenuhu (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania east to Sudan and Ethiopia, and all the way south to South Africa. It is also found in the Arabian Peninsula,…