List of Strigiformes by population
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This list is not comprehensive, as not all Strigiformes have had their numbers quantified. For a simple list of all owl species, see the article "List of owl species ".
Extinct species:
Species by global population
Common name
Binomial name
Population
Status
Trend
Notes
Image
Abyssinian owl
Asio abyssinicus
? [ 6]
LC [ 6]
[ 6]
African barred owlet
Glaucidium capense
? [ 7]
LC [ 7]
[ 7]
African grass-owl
Tyto capensis
? [ 8]
LC [ 8]
[ 8]
African scops owl
Otus senegalensis
? [ 9]
LC [ 9]
[ 9]
African wood owl
Strix woodfordii
? [ 10]
LC [ 10]
[ 10]
Akun eagle-owl
Ketupa leucosticta
? [ 11]
LC [ 11]
[ 11]
Albertine owlet
Glaucidium albertinum
2,500-9,999 [ 12]
NT [ 12]
[ 12]
Alor bookbook
Ninox plesseni
? [ 13]
LC [ 13]
[ 13]
Amazonian Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium hardyi
? [ 14]
LC [ 14]
[ 14]
Andaman boobook
Ninox affinis
2,500-9,999 [ 15]
LC [ 15]
[ 15]
Andaman scops owl
Otus balli
? [ 16]
LC [ 16]
[ 16]
Andean pygmy owl
Glaucidium jardinii
? [ 17]
LC [ 17]
[ 17]
Anjouan scops owl
Otus capnodes
2,300-3,600 [ 18]
EN [ 18]
[ 18]
Annobon scops owl
Otus feae
50-249 [ 19]
CR [ 19]
[ 19]
Arabian eagle-owl
Bubo milesi
4,000-9,999 [ 20]
LC [ 20]
[ 20]
Arabian scops owl
Otus pamelae
60,000 [ 21]
LC [ 21]
[ 21]
Ashy-faced owl
Tyto glaucops
? [ 22]
LC [ 22]
[ 22]
Asian barred owlet
Glaucidium cucoloides
? [ 23]
LC [ 23]
[ 23]
Austral pygmy owl
Glaucidium nana
? [ 24]
LC [ 24]
[ 24]
Australian boobook
Ninox boobook
? [ 25]
LC [ 25]
[ 25]
Australian masked owl
Tyto novaehollandiae
? [ 26]
LC [ 26]
[ 26]
Baja pygmy owl
Glaucidium hoskinsii
? [ 27]
LC [ 27]
[ 27]
Balsas screech owl
Megascops seductus
20,000 – 49,999 [ 28]
LC [ 28]
[ 28]
Band-bellied owl
Pulsatrix melanota
? [ 29]
LC [ 29]
[ 29]
Banggai scops owl
Otus mendeni
10,000-40,000 [ 30]
NT [ 30]
[ 30]
Bare-legged owl
Margarobyas lawrencii
? [ 31]
LC [ 31]
[ 31]
Bare-shanked screech owl
Megascops clarkii
20,000-49,999 [ 32]
LC [ 32]
[ 32]
Barking owl
Ninox connivens
? [ 33]
LC [ 33]
[ 33]
Barn owl
Tyto alba
4,000,000-9,999,999 [ 34]
LC [ 34]
[ 34]
Includes all subspecies
Barred eagle-owl
Bubo sumatranus
? [ 35]
NT [ 35]
[ 35]
Barred owl
Strix varia
? [ 36]
LC [ 36]
[ 36]
Bearded screech owl
Megascops barbarus
20,000 – 49,999 [ 37]
LC [ 37]
[ 37]
Biak scops owl
Otus beccarii
15,000-45,000 [ 38]
NT [ 38]
[ 38]
Black-and-white owl
Strix nigrolineata
? [ 39]
LC [ 39]
[ 39]
Black-banded owl
Ciccaba huhula
? [ 40]
LC [ 40]
[ 40]
Black-capped screech owl
Megascops atricapilla
? [ 41]
LC [ 41]
[ 41]
Blakiston's fish owl
Ketupa blakistoni
1,000-2,499 [ 42]
EN [ 42]
[ 42]
This subspecies is included under Bubo blakistoni .[ 42]
Boreal owl
Aegolius funereus
730,000-1,810,000 [ 43]
LC [ 43]
[ 43]
Brown boobook
Ninox scutulata
? [ 44]
LC [ 44]
[ 44]
Brown fish owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
? [ 45]
LC [ 45]
[ 45]
Brown wood owl
Strix leptogrammica
? [ 46]
LC [ 46]
[ 46]
Buff-fronted owl
Aegolius harrisii
? [ 47]
LC [ 47]
[ 47]
Buffy fish owl
Ketupa ketupu
? [ 48]
LC [ 48]
[ 48]
Burrowing owl
Athene cunicularia
? [ 49]
LC [ 49]
[ 49]
Buru boobook
Ninox hantu
? [ 50]
LC [ 50]
[ 50]
Camiguin boobook
Ninox leventisi
250-1,400 [ 51]
VU [ 51]
[ 51]
Cape eagle-owl
Bubo capensis
? [ 52]
LC [ 52]
[ 52]
Cebu boobook
Ninox rumseyi
250-999 [ 53]
VU [ 53]
[ 53]
Central American pygmy owl
Glaucidium griseiceps
? [ 54]
LC [ 54]
[ 54]
Chaco owl
Strix chacoensis
? [ 55]
NT [ 55]
[ 55]
Chestnut-backed owlet
Glaucidium castanonotum
10,000-19,999 [ 56]
NT [ 56]
[ 56]
Chocolate boobook
Ninox randi
? [ 57]
NT [ 57]
[ 57]
Christmas boobook
Ninox natalis
1000 [ 58]
VU [ 58]
[ 58]
Cinnabar boobook
Ninox ios
? [ 59]
LC [ 59]
[ 59]
Cinnamon screech owl
Megascops petersoni
? [ 60]
LC [ 60]
[ 60]
Cloud-forest pygmy owl
Glaucidium nubicola
1,500-7,000 [ 61]
VU [ 61]
[ 61]
Cloud-forest screech owl
Megascops marshalli
? [ 62]
NT [ 62]
[ 62]
Colima pygmy owl
Glaucidium palmarum
20,000 – 49,999 [ 63]
LC [ 63]
[ 63]
Collared owlet
Glaucidium brodiei
10,000,000+ [ 64]
LC [ 64]
[ 64]
Collared scops owl
Outs lettia
? [ 65]
LC [ 65]
[ 65]
Colombian screech owl
Megascops colombianus
6,700 [ 66]
NT [ 66]
[ 66]
Congo bay owl
Phodilus prigoginei
2,500-9,999 [ 67]
EN [ 67]
[ 67]
Costa Rican pygmy owl
Glaucidium costaricanum
? [ 68]
LC [ 68]
[ 68]
Crested owl
Lophostrix cristata
? [ 69]
LC [ 69]
[ 69]
Cuban pygmy owl
Glaudicium siju
? [ 70]
LC [ 70]
[ 70]
Cyprus scops owl
Otus cyprius
10,000-24,000 [ 71]
LC [ 71]
[ 71]
Desert owl
Strix hadorami
? [ 72]
LC [ 72]
[ 72]
Dusky eagle-owl
Bubo coromandus
? [ 73]
LC [ 73]
[ 73]
East Brazilian pygmy owl
Glaucidium minutissimum
? [ 74]
LC [ 74]
[ 74]
Eastern screech owl
Megascops asio
560,000 [ 75]
LC [ 75]
[ 75]
Elf owl
Micrathene whitneyi
72,000 [ 76]
LC [ 76]
[ 76]
Enggano scops owl
Otus enganensis
2,500-9,999 [ 77]
LC [ 77]
[ 77]
Eurasian eagle-owl
Bubo bubo
100,000-499,999 [ 78]
LC [ 78]
[ 78]
Eurasian pygmy owl
Glaucidium passerinum
500,000-1,199,999 [ 79]
LC [ 79]
[ 79]
Eurasian scops owl
Otus scops
790,000-1,350,000 [ 80]
LC [ 80]
[ 80]
Everett's scops owl
Otus everetti
? [ 81]
LC [ 81]
[ 81]
Fearful owl
Nesasio solomonensis
2,500-9,999 [ 82]
NT [ 82]
[ 82]
Ferruginous pygmy owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
20,000,000 [ 83]
LC [ 83]
[ 83]
Flammulated owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
? [ 84]
LC [ 84]
[ 84]
Flores scops owl
Otus alfredi
250-2,499 [ 85]
EN [ 85]
[ 85]
Forest owlet
Heteroglaux blewitti
250-999 [ 86]
EN [ 86]
[ 86]
Fraser's eagle-owl
Bubo poensis
? [ 87]
LC [ 87]
[ 87]
Fulvous owl
Strix fulvescens
? [ 88]
LC [ 88]
[ 88]
Giant scops owl
Otus gurneyi
2,500-9,999 [ 89]
VU [ 89]
[ 89]
Golden masked owl
Tyto aurantia
2,500-9,999 [ 90]
VU [ 90]
[ 90]
Great grey owl
Strix nebulosa
50,000-99,999 [ 91]
LC [ 91]
[ 91]
Great horned owl
Bubo virginianus
? [ 92]
LC [ 92]
[ 92]
Greater sooty owl
Tyto tenebricosa
? [ 93]
LC [ 93]
[ 93]
Greyish eagle-owl
Bubo cinerascens
? [ 94]
LC [ 94]
[ 94]
Guatemalan pygmy owl
Glaucidium cobanense
? [ 95]
LC [ 95]
[ 95]
Halmahera boobook
Ninox hypogramma
? [ 96]
LC [ 96]
[ 96]
Himalayan owl
Strix nivicolum
? [ 97]
LC [ 97]
[ 97]
Hume's boobook
Ninox obscura
? [ 98]
LC [ 98]
[ 98]
Indian eagle-owl
Bubo bengalensis
? [ 99]
LC [ 99]
[ 99]
Indian scops-owl
Otus bakkamoena
? [ 100]
LC [ 100]
[ 100]
Itombwe owl
Phodilus prigoginei
2,500-9,999 [ 101]
EN [ 101]
[ 101]
Jamaican owl
Pseudoscops grammicus
? [ 102]
LC [ 102]
[ 102]
Japanese scops owl
Otus semitorques
? [ 103]
LC [ 103]
[ 103]
Javan owlet
Glacidium castanopterum
? [ 104]
LC [ 104]
[ 104]
Javan scops owl
Otus angelinae
1,500-7,000 [ 105]
VU [ 105]
[ 105]
Jungle owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
? [ 106]
LC [ 106]
[ 106]
Karthala scops owl
Otus pauliani
2,300 [ 107]
EN [ 107]
[ 107]
Koepcke's screech owl
Megascops koepckeae
? [ 108]
LC [ 108]
[ 108]
Least boobook
Ninox sumbaensis
10,000-19,999 [ 109]
EN [ 109]
[ 109]
Lesser horned owl
Bubo magellanicus
? [ 110]
LC [ 110]
[ 110]
Lesser sooty owl
Tyto multipunctata
4,000 [ 111]
LC [ 111]
[ 111]
Estimated to be around 2,000 breeding pairs[ 112]
Little owl
Athene noctua
5,000,000-9,999,999 [ 113]
LC [ 113]
[ 113]
Long-eared owl
Asio otus
2,200,000-3,700,000 [ 114]
LC [ 114]
[ 114]
Long-tufted screech owl
Megascops sanctaecatarinae
? [ 115]
LC [ 115]
[ 115]
Long-whiskered owlet
Xenoglaux loweryi
250-999 [ 116]
VU [ 116]
[ 116]
Luzon boobook
Ninox philippensis
? [ 117]
LC [ 117]
[ 117]
Luzon scops owl
Otus longicornis
? [ 118]
NC [ 118]
[ 118]
Madagascar owl
Asio madagascariensis
? [ 119]
LC [ 119]
[ 119]
Makira Boobook
Ninox roseoaxillaris
2,500-9,999 [ 120]
VU [ 120]
[ 120]
Malaita Boobook
Ninox malaitae
2,500-9,999 [ 121]
VU [ 121]
[ 121]
Mantanani scops owl
Otus mantananensis
?[ 122]
LC [ 122]
[ 122]
Maned owl
Jubula lettii
? [ 123]
DD [ 123]
[ 123]
Manus boobook
Ninox meeki
? [ 124]
LC [ 124]
[ 124]
Manus masked owl
Tyto manusi
? [ 125]
LC [ 125]
[ 125]
This subspecies is included under Tyto novaehollandiae. Population estimates are not given.[ 125]
Marsh owl
Asio capensis
? [ 126]
LC [ 126]
[ 126]
Mayotte scops owl
Otus mayottensis
? [ 127]
LC [ 127]
[ 127]
Mentawai scops owl
Otus mentawi
10,000-19,999 [ 128]
LC [ 128]
[ 128]
Middle American screech owl
Megascops guatemalae
? [ 129]
LC [ 129]
[ 129]
Minahasa masked owl
Tyto inexspectata
? [ 130]
LC [ 130]
[ 130]
Mindanao boobook
Ninox spilocephala
? [ 131]
NT [ 131]
[ 131]
Mindanao scops owl
Outs mirus
? [ 132]
LC [ 132]
[ 132]
Mindoro boobook
Ninox mindorensis
2,500-9,999 [ 133]
VU [ 133]
[ 133]
Mindoro scops owl
Otus mindorensis
10,000-19,999 [ 134]
NT [ 134]
[ 134]
Moheli scops owl
Otus moheliensis
260 [ 135]
EN [ 135]
[ 135]
Moluccan masked owl
Tyto novaehollandiae
? [ 136]
LC [ 136]
[ 136]
Moluccan scops owl
Otus magicus
? [ 137]
LC [ 137]
[ 137]
Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
? [ 138]
LC [ 138]
[ 138]
Mottled owl
Strix virgata
? [ 139]
LC [ 139]
[ 139]
Mottled wood owl
Strix ocellata
? [ 140]
LC [ 140]
[ 140]
Mountain pygmy owl
Glaucidium gnoma
? [ 141]
LC [ 141]
[ 141]
Mountain scops owl
Otus spilocephalus
? [ 142]
LC [ 142]
[ 142]
Negros scops owl
Otus nigrorum
1,000-2,499 [ 143]
VU [ 143]
[ 143]
New Britain boobook
Ninox odiosa
10,000-19,999 [ 144]
VU [ 144]
[ 144]
New Ireland boobook
Ninox variegata
? [ 145]
LC [ 145]
[ 145]
Nicobar scops owl
Otus alius
2,500-9,999 [ 146]
NT [ 146]
[ 146]
Northern boobook
Ninox japonica
? [ 147]
LC [ 147]
[ 147]
Northern hawk-owl
Surnia ulula
100,000-499,999 [ 148]
LC [ 148]
[ 148]
Northern pygmy owl
Glaucidium californicum
? [ 149]
LC [ 149]
[ 149]
Northern saw-whet owl
Aegolius acadicus
2,000,000 [ 150]
LC [ 150]
[ 150]
Northern white-faced owl
Ptilopsis leucotis
? [ 151]
LC [ 151]
[ 151]
Ochre-bellied boobook
Ninox ochracea
10,000-19,999 [ 152]
NT [ 152]
[ 152]
Omani owl
Strix butleri
? [ 153]
LC [ 153]
[ 153]
Oriental bay owl
Phodilus badius
? [ 154]
LC [ 154]
[ 154]
Oriental scops owl
Otus sunia
? [ 155]
LC [ 155]
[ 155]
Pacific pygmy owl
Glaucidium peruanum
? [ 156]
LC [ 156]
[ 156]
Pacific screech owl
Megascops cooperi
50,000-499,999 [ 157]
LC [ 157]
[ 157]
Palawan scops owl
Otus fuliginosus
10,000-19,999 [ 158]
LC [ 158]
[ 158]
Pallid scops owl
Otus brucei
? [ 159]
LC [ 159]
[ 159]
Pemba scops owl
Otus pembaensis
3,000 [ 160]
VU [ 160]
[ 160]
Pernambuco pygmy owl
Glaucidium mooreorum
0-49 [ 161]
CR [ 161]
[ 161]
Maximum estimate; possibly extinct.[ 161]
Philippine eagle-owl
Bubo philippensis
2,500-9,999 [ 162]
VU [ 162]
[ 162]
Powerful owl
Ninox strenua
2,200-2,800 [ 163]
LC [ 163]
[ 163]
Principe Scops-owl
Otus bikegila
1,149-1,597 [ 164]
CR [ 164]
[ 164]
Red owl
Tyto soumagnei
2,500-9,999 [ 165]
VU [ 165]
[ 165]
Rote Boobook
Ninox rotiensis
500-5,000 [ 166]
NT [ 166]
[ 166]
Rufescent screech-owl
Megascops ingens
? [ 167]
LC [ 167]
[ 167]
Rufous fishing owl
Scotopelia ussheri
2,500-9,999 [ 168]
VU [ 168]
[ 168]
São Tomé scops owl
Otus hartlaubi
250-999 [ 169]
VU [ 169]
[ 169]
Serendib scops owl
Otus thilohoffmanni
150-700 [ 170]
EN [ 170]
[ 170]
Seychelles Scops-owl
Otus insularis
200-280 [ 171]
CR [ 171]
[ 171]
Shelley's eagle-owl
Bubo shelleyi
1,500-7,000 [ 172]
VU [ 172]
[ 172]
Short-eared owl
Asio flammeus
1,200,000-2,100,000 [ 173]
LC [ 173]
[ 173]
Siau scops owl
Otus siaoensis
1-49 [ 174]
CR [ 174]
[ 174]
Simeulue scops owl
Otus umbra
? [ 175]
LC [ 175]
[ 175]
Snowy owl
Bubo scandiaca
14,000-28,000 [ 176]
VU [ 176]
[ 176]
Sokoke scops owl
Otus ireneae
2,500-9,999 [ 177]
EN [ 177]
[ 177]
Spectacled owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
? [ 178]
LC [ 178]
[ 178]
Spotted owl
Strix occidentalis
15,000 [ 179]
NT [ 179]
[ 179]
Striped owl
Pseudoscops clamator
500,000-4,999,999 [ 180]
LC [ 180]
[ 180]
Stygian owl
Asio stygius
? [ 181]
LC [ 181]
[ 181]
Sula scops-owl
Otus sulaensis
? [ 182]
NT [ 182]
[ 182]
Sumba boobook
Ninox rudolfi
6,000-15,000 [ 183]
NT [ 183]
[ 183]
Taliabu masked owl
Tyto nigrobrunnea
250-999 [ 184]
VU [ 184]
?[ 184]
Tamaulipas pygmy owl
Glaucidium sanchezi
20,000 – 49,999 [ 185]
NT [ 185]
[ 185]
Tanimbar bookbook
Ninox forbesi
12,000 – 48,000 [ 186]
LC [ 186]
[ 186]
Tawny owl
Strix aluco
1,000,000-2,999,999 [ 187]
LC [ 187]
[ 187]
Timor bookbook
Ninox fusca
? [ 188]
LC [ 188]
[ 188]
Togian boobook
Ninox burhani
1,500-7,000 [ 189]
NT [ 189]
[ 189]
Unspotted saw-whet owl
Aegolius ridgwayi
? [ 190]
LC [ 190]
[ 190]
Ural owl
Strix uralensis
640,000-1,052,000 [ 191]
LC [ 191]
[ 191]
Usambara eagle-owl
Bubo vosseleri
? [ 192]
LC [ 192]
[ 192]
This subspecies is included under Bubo poensis.[ 192]
White-fronted scops owl
Otus sagittatus
2,500-9,999 [ 193]
VU [ 193]
[ 193]
White-throated screech-owl
Megascops albogularis
? [ 194]
LC [ 194]
[ 194]
See also
References