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Owl Species Guide — Strigidae Family

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Grayish Eagle-Owl

Bubo cinerascens Guérin-Méneville, 1843

Bubo cinerascens (greyish eagle-owl) is an owl found in northern sub-Saharan Africa, distinct from spotted eagle-owls by dark eyes.

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Puerto Rican Owl

Megascops nudipes (Daudin, 1800)

Megascops nudipes, the Puerto Rican owl, is a small, unfeathered-legged owl found primarily in Puerto Rico.

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Central American Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium griseiceps Sharpe, 1875

Glaucidium griseiceps, the Central American pygmy owl, is a small owl found across parts of Central and northwestern South America.

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Pel's Fishing-Owl

Scotopelia peli Bonaparte, 1850

Pel's fishing owl is a very large African owl adapted to hunting fish in waterside forests.

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Rufous-legged Owl

Strix rufipes P.P.King, 1827

Strix rufipes, the rufous-legged owl, is a compact tuftless owl found in old-growth and mature forests of southern South America.

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White-throated Screech-Owl

Megascops albogularis (Cassin, 1849)

The white-throated screech owl (Megascops albogularis) is a large dark owl with multiple subspecies distributed across Andean South America.

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Ryukyu Scops-Owl

Otus elegans (Cassin, 1852)

Otus elegans, the Ryukyu scops owl, is a small rare owl found in East Asian tropical and subtropical evergreen forests.

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Blakiston's Fish-Owl

Bubo blakistoni Seebohm, 1884

Blakiston's fish owl, the largest living owl species, lives in undisturbed old-growth forest near open water in northeast Asia.

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Tawny-browed Owl

Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana (M.Bertoni & W.Bertoni, 1901)

Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana, the tawny-browed owl, is a mid-sized owl found in parts of southern South America.

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