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]
Steady[6]
African barred owlet Glaucidium capense ?[7]
LC[7]
Decrease[7]
African grass-owl
Tyto capensis ?[8]
LC[8]
Decrease[8]
African scops owl Otus senegalensis ?[9]
LC[9]
Steady[9]
African wood owl Strix woodfordii ?[10] Steady[10]
Akun eagle-owl Ketupa leucosticta ?[11] Decrease[11]
Albertine owlet Glaucidium albertinum 2,500-9,999[12]

Decrease[12]
Amazonian Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium hardyi ?[13] Decrease[13]
Andaman boobook Ninox affinis 2,500-9,999[14] Decrease[14]
Andaman scops owl Otus balli ?[15] Steady[15]
Andean pygmy owl Glaucidium jardinii ?[16] Steady[16]
Anjouan scops owl Otus capnodes 2,300-3,600[17]

EN[17]

Decrease[17]
Annobon scops owl
Otus feae 50-249[18] Decrease[18]
Arabian eagle-owl Bubo milesi 4,000-9,999[19] Steady[19]
Arabian scops owl Otus pamelae 60,000[20] Steady[20]
Ashy-faced owl Tyto glaucops ?[21] Steady[21]
Asian barred owlet Glaucidium cucoloides ?[22] Increase[22]
Austral pygmy owl Glaucidium nana ?[23] Steady[23]
Australian boobook Ninox boobook ?[24] Steady[24]
Australian masked owl Tyto novaehollandiae ?[25] Steady[25]
Baja pygmy owl Glaucidium hoskinsii ?[26] Steady[26]
Balsas screech owl Megascops seductus 20,000 – 49,999[27]

Decrease[27]
Band-bellied owl Pulsatrix melanota ?[28] Decrease[28]
Banggai scops owl Otus mendeni 10,000-40,000[29] Decrease[29]
Bare-legged owl Margarobyas lawrencii ?[30] Steady[30]
Bare-shanked screech owl Megascops clarkii 20,000-49,999[31] Steady[31]
Barking owl Ninox connivens ?[32] Decrease[32]
Barn owl Tyto alba 4,000,000-9,999,999[33]

Steady[33] Includes all subspecies
Barred eagle-owl Bubo sumatranus ?[34] Decrease[34]
Barred owl Strix varia ?[35] Increase[35]
Bearded screech owl Megascops barbarus 20,000 – 49,999[36]

Decrease[36]
Biak scops owl Otus beccarii 15,000-45,000[37]

Decrease[37]
Black-and-white owl Strix nigrolineata ?[38]

Decrease[38]
Black-banded owl Ciccaba huhula ?[39] Decrease[39]
Black-capped screech owl Megascops atricapilla ?[40] Steady[40]
Blakiston's fish owl Ketupa blakistoni 1,000-2,499[41]

EN[41]

Decrease[41] This subspecies is included under Bubo blakistoni.[41]
Boreal owl Aegolius funereus 730,000-1,810,000[42]

Steady[42]
Brown boobook Ninox scutulata ?[43] Decrease[43]
Brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis ?[44] Decrease[44]
Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica ?[45] Decrease[45]
Buff-fronted owl Aegolius harrisii ?[46] Steady[46]
Buffy fish owl Ketupa ketupu ?[47] Steady[47]
Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia ?[48] Decrease[48]
Buru boobook Ninox hantu ?[49] Decrease[49]
Camiguin boobook Ninox leventisi 250-1,400[50] VU[50] Decrease[50]
Cape eagle-owl Bubo capensis ?[51] Steady[51]
Cebu boobook Ninox rumseyi 250-999[52] VU[52] Steady[52]
Central American pygmy owl Glaucidium griseiceps ?[53]

Steady[53]
Chaco owl Strix chacoensis ?[54] Steady[54]
Chestnut-backed owlet Glaucidium castanonotum 10,000-19,999[55]

Decrease[55]
Chocolate boobook Ninox randi ?[56] Decrease[56]
Christmas boobook Ninox natalis 1000[57]

VU[57]

Steady[57]
Cinnabar boobook Ninox ios ?[58]

Steady[58]
Cinnamon screech owl Megascops petersoni ?[59] Decrease[59]
Cloud-forest pygmy owl Glaucidium nubicola 1,500-7,000[60]

VU[60]

Decrease[60]
Cloud-forest screech owl Megascops marshalli ?[61] Steady[61]
Colima pygmy owl Glaucidium palmarum 20,000 – 49,999[62]

Decrease[62]
Collared owlet Glaucidium brodiei 10,000,000+[63] Decrease[63]
Collared scops owl Outs lettia ?[64] Steady[64]
Colombian screech owl
Megascops colombianus 6,700[65]

Decrease[65]
Congo bay owl
Phodilus prigoginei 2,500-9,999[66]

EN[66]

Decrease[66]
Costa Rican pygmy owl Glaucidium costaricanum ?[67] Steady[67]
Crested owl Lophostrix cristata ?[68]

Decrease[68]
Cuban pygmy owl Glaudicium siju ?[69] Steady[69]
Cyprus scops owl Otus cyprius 10,000-24,000[70] Steady[70]
Desert owl Strix hadorami ?[71] Steady[71]
Dusky eagle-owl Bubo coromandus ?[72] Decrease[72]
East Brazilian pygmy owl Glaucidium minutissimum ?[73] Decrease[73]
Eastern screech owl Megascops asio 560,000[74] Decrease[74]
Elf owl Micrathene whitneyi 72,000[75] Decrease[75]
Enggano scops owl Otus enganensis 2,500-9,999[76]

Steady[76]
Eurasian eagle-owl Bubo bubo 100,000-499,999[77]

Decrease[77]
Eurasian pygmy owl Glaucidium passerinum 500,000-1,199,999[78]

Steady[78]
Eurasian scops owl Otus scops 790,000-1,350,000[79]

Decrease[79]
Everett's scops owl Otus everetti ?[80] Decrease[80]
Fearful owl Nesasio solomonensis 2,500-9,999[81]

Decrease[81]
Ferruginous pygmy owl Glaucidium brasilianum 20,000,000[82] Decrease[82]
Flammulated owl Psiloscops flammeolus ?[83] Decrease[83]
Flores scops owl Otus alfredi 250-2,499[84] Decrease[84]
Forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti 250-999[85]

EN[85]

Decrease[85]
Fraser's eagle-owl Bubo poensis ?[86] Decrease[86]
Fulvous owl Strix fulvescens ?[87]

Decrease[87]
Giant scops owl Otus gurneyi 2,500-9,999[88]

VU[88]

Decrease[88]
Golden masked owl Tyto aurantia 2,500-9,999[89]

VU[89]

Decrease[89]
Great grey owl Strix nebulosa 50,000-99,999[90]

Increase[90]
Great horned owl Bubo virginianus ?[91] Steady[91]
Greater sooty owl Tyto tenebricosa ?[92]

Decrease[92]
Greyish eagle-owl Bubo cinerascens ?[93] Steady[93]
Guatemalan pygmy owl Glaucidium cobanense ?[94] Decrease[94]
Halmahera boobook Ninox hypogramma ?[95] Decrease[95]
Himalayan owl Strix nivicolum ?[96] Steady[96]
Hume's boobook Ninox obscura ?[97] Steady[97]
Indian eagle-owl Bubo bengalensis ?[98] Steady[98]
Indian scops-owl
Otus bakkamoena ?[99] Steady[99]
Itombwe owl Phodilus prigoginei 2,500-9,999[100] Decrease[100]
Jamaican owl Pseudoscops grammicus ?[101] Decrease[101]
Japanese scops owl Otus semitorques ?[102] Decrease[102]
Javan owlet Glacidium castanopterum ?[103] Steady[103]
Javan scops owl Otus angelinae 1,500-7,000[104]

VU[104]

Decrease[104]
Jungle owlet Glaucidium radiatum ?[105] Steady[105]
Karthala scops owl Otus pauliani 2,300[106]

EN[106]

Decrease[106]
Koepcke's screech owl Megascops koepckeae ?[107] Steady[107]
Least boobook Ninox sumbaensis 10,000-19,999[108]

EN[108]

Decrease[108]
Lesser horned owl Bubo magellanicus ?[109] Steady[109]
Lesser sooty owl Tyto multipunctata 4,000[110]

Decrease[110] Estimated to be around 2,000 breeding pairs[111]
Little owl Athene noctua 5,000,000-9,999,999[112]

Steady[112]
Long-eared owl Asio otus 2,200,000-3,700,000[113]

Decrease[113]
Long-tufted screech owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae ?[114] Decrease[114]
Long-whiskered owlet Xenoglaux loweryi 250-999[115]

VU[115]

Steady[115]
Luzon boobook Ninox philippensis ?[116] Decrease[116]
Luzon scops owl Otus longicornis ?[117] Decrease[117]
Madagascar owl Asio madagascariensis ?[118] Decrease[118]
Makira Boobook Ninox roseoaxillaris 2,500-9,999[119]

VU[119]

Decrease[119]
Malaita Boobook Ninox malaitae 2,500-9,999[120]

VU[120]

Decrease[120]
Mantanani scops owl Otus mantananensis 6,000-15,000[121]

Decrease[121]
Maned owl Jubula lettii ?[122] DD[122] Steady[122]
Manus boobook Ninox meeki ?[123] Steady[123]
Manus masked owl Tyto manusi ?[124]

Steady[124] This subspecies is included under Tyto novaehollandiae. Population estimates are not given.[124]
Marsh owl Asio capensis ?[125] Steady[125]
Mayotte scops owl Otus mayottensis ?[126] Steady[126]
Mentawai scops owl Otus mentawi 10,000-19,999[127]

Decrease[127]
Middle American screech owl Megascops guatemalae ?[128]

Decrease[128]
Minahasa masked owl Tyto inexspectata 2,500-9,999[129]

VU[129]

Decrease[129]
Mindanao boobook Ninox spilocephala ?[130] Decrease[130]
Mindanao scops owl Outs mirus ?[131] Decrease[131]
Mindoro boobook Ninox mindorensis 2,500-9,999[132] VU[132] Decrease[132]
Mindoro scops owl Otus mindorensis 10,000-19,999[133]

Decrease[133]
Moheli scops owl Otus moheliensis 260[134]

EN[134]

Decrease[134]
Moluccan masked owl Tyto novaehollandiae ?[135] Steady[135]
Moluccan scops owl Otus magicus ?[136] Decrease[136]
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae ?[137] Steady[137]
Mottled owl Strix virgata ?[138]

Decrease[138]
Mottled wood owl Strix ocellata ?[139] Steady[139]
Mountain pygmy owl Glaucidium gnoma ?[140] Decrease[140]
Mountain scops owl Otus spilocephalus ?[141] Steady[141]
Negros scops owl Otus nigrorum 1,000-2,499[142] VU[142] Decrease[142]
New Britain boobook Ninox odiosa 10,000-19,999[143]

VU[143]

Decrease[143]
New Ireland boobook Ninox variegata ?[144] Decrease[144]
Nicobar scops owl Otus alius 2,500-9,999[145] Decrease[145]
Northern boobook Ninox japonica ?[146] Steady[146]
Northern hawk-owl Surnia ulula 100,000-499,999[147]

Steady[147]
Northern pygmy owl Glaucidium californicum ?[148] Increase[148]
Northern saw-whet owl Aegolius acadicus 2,000,000[149] Decrease[149]
Northern white-faced owl Ptilopsis leucotis ?[150] Steady[150]
Ochre-bellied boobook Ninox ochracea 10,000-19,999[151]

Decrease[151]
Omani owl Strix butleri ?[152] Steady[152]
Oriental bay owl Phodilus badius ?[153] Steady[153]
Oriental scops owl Otus sunia ?[154] Steady[154]
Pacific pygmy owl Glaucidium peruanum ?[155] Steady[155]
Pacific screech owl Megascops cooperi 50,000-499,999[156]

Decrease[156]
Palawan scops owl Otus fuliginosus 10,000-19,999[157]

Decrease[157]
Pemba scops owl Otus pembaensis 3,000[158]

VU[158]

Decrease[158]
Pernambuco pygmy owl Glaucidium mooreorum 0-49[159]

Decrease[159] Maximum estimate; possibly extinct.[159]
Philippine eagle-owl Bubo philippensis 2,500-9,999[160]

VU[160]

Decrease[160]
Powerful owl Ninox strenua 2,200-2,800[161]

Steady[161]
Principe Scops-owl Otus bikegila 1,149-1,597[162]

Decrease[162]
Red owl Tyto soumagnei 2,500-9,999[163]

VU[163]

Decrease[163]
Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis 500-5,000[164]

Decrease[164]
Rufous fishing owl Scotopelia ussheri 2,500-9,999[165]

VU[165]

Decrease[165]
São Tomé scops owl Otus hartlaubi 250-999[166]

VU[166]

Decrease[166]
Serendib scops owl Otus thilohoffmanni 150-700[167]

EN[167]

Decrease[167]
Seychelles Scops-owl Otus insularis 200-280[168]

Decrease[168]
Shelley's eagle-owl Bubo shelleyi 1,500-7,000[169]

VU[169]

Decrease[169]
Short-eared owl Asio flammeus 1,200,000-2,100,000[170]

Decrease[170]
Siau scops owl Otus siaoensis 1-49[168]

Steady[168]
Snowy owl Bubo scandiaca 14,000-28,000[171]

VU[171]

Decrease[171]
Sokoke scops owl Otus ireneae 2,500-9,999[172]

EN[172]

Decrease[172]
Spectacled owl Pulsatrix perspicillata ?[173]

Decrease[173]
Spotted owl Strix occidentalis 15,000[174]

Decrease[174]
Striped owl Pseudoscops clamator 500,000-4,999,999[175]

Decrease[175]
Stygian owl Asio stygius ?[176]

Decrease[176]
Sula scops-owl Otus sulaensis ?[177]

Decrease[177]
Sumba boobook Ninox rudolfi 6,000-15,000[178]

Decrease[178]
Taliabu masked owl Tyto nigrobrunnea 250-999[179]

VU[179]

?[179]
Tamaulipas pygmy owl Glaucidium sanchezi 20,000 – 49,999[180]

Decrease[180]
Tawny owl Strix aluco 1,000,000-2,999,999[181]

Steady[181]
Togian boobook Ninox burhani 1,500-7,000[182]

Decrease[182]
Unspotted saw-whet owl Aegolius ridgwayi ?[183]

Steady[183]
Usambara eagle-owl Bubo vosseleri ?[184]

Decrease[184] This subspecies is included under Bubo poensis.[184]
White-fronted scops owl Otus sagittatus 2,500-9,999[185]

VU[185]

Decrease[185]

See also

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