List of Strigiformes by population

This list of owls 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:

• Bermuda saw-whet owl, described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century.^[1]
• Laughing owl, last seen in 1914.^[2]
• Mauritius scops owl, last seen 1837 and certainly extinct by 1859.^[3]
• Réunion scops owl, went extinct in the 17th century after the colonization of the island of Réunion.^[4]
• Rodrigues scops owl, last recorded in 1726.^[5]

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]

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