List of birds of North America (Strigiformes)
Main article: List of birds of North America
Barn owls
Main article: Barn owl
Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae
Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
- Ashy-faced owl, Tyto glaucops LC
- Barn owl, Tyto alba LC
Typical owls
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae
Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
- Balsas screech owl, Megascops seductus NT
- Bare-legged owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii LC
- Bare-shanked screech owl, Megascops clarkii LC
- Barred owl, Strix varia LC
- Bearded screech owl, Megascops barbarus VU
- Black-and-white owl, Ciccaba nigrolineata LC
- Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus LC
- Brown hawk owl, Ninox scutulata (A) LC
- Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia LC
- Central American pygmy owl, Glaucidium griseiceps LC
- Tamaulipas pygmy owl, Glaucidium sanchezi LC
- Colima pygmy owl, Glaucidium palmarum LC
- Costa Rican pygmy owl, Glaucidium costaricanum LC
- Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata LC
- Cuban pygmy owl, Glaucidium siju LC
- Eastern screech owl, Megascops asio LC
- Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi LC
- Ferruginous pygmy owl, Glaucidium brasilianum LC
- Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus LC
- Fulvous owl, Strix fulvescens LC
- Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa LC
- Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus LC
- Jamaican owl, Pseudoscops grammicus LC
- Long-eared owl, Asio otus LC
- Mottled owl, Ciccaba virgata LC
- Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula LC
- Northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma LC
- Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus LC
- Oriental scops owl, Otus sunia (A) LC
- Pacific screech owl, Megascops cooperi LC
- Puerto Rican screech owl, Megascops nudipes LC
- Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus LC
- Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus LC
- Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata LC
- Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis NT (Mexican spotted owl S. o. lucida and northern spotted owl S. o. caurina: T)
- Striped owl, Pseudoscops clamator LC
- Stygian owl, Asio stygius LC
- Tropical screech owl, Megascops choliba LC
- Unspotted saw-whet owl, Aegolius ridgwayi LC
- Vermiculated screech owl, Megascops guatemalae LC
- Western screech owl, Megascops kennicottii LC
- Whiskered screech owl, Megascops trichopsis LC
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