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…