List of North American birds (Strigiformes)
Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae
Barn owls are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped FACES. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
- Ashy-faced Owl, Tyto glaucops
- Barn Owl, Tyto alba
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
- Bare-legged Owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl, Megascops clarkii
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Bearded Screech Owl, Megascops barbarus
- Black-and-white Owl, Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus
- Brown Hawk Owl, Ninox scutulata (A)
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
- Central American Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps Glaucidium sanchezi Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
- Colima Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium palmarum
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
- Crested Owl, Lophostrix cristata
- Cuban Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium siju
- Eastern Screech Owl, Megascops asio
- Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
- Flammulated Owl, Otus flammeolus
- Fulvous Owl, Strix fulvescens
- Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Jamaican Owl, Pseudoscops grammicus
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
- Mottled Owl, Ciccaba virgata
- Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula
- Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
- Oriental Scops Owl, Otus sunia (A)
- Pacific Screech Owl, Megascops cooperi
- Puerto Rican Screech Owl, Megascops nudipes
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
- Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis (Mexican Spotted Owl S. o. lucida and Northern Spotted Owl S. o. caurina: )
- Striped Owl, Pseudoscops clamator
- Stygian Owl, Asio stygius
- Tropical Screech Owl, Megascops choliba
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius ridgwayi
- Vermiculated Screech Owl, Megascops guatemalae
- Western Screech Owl, Megascops kennicottii
- Whiskered Screech Owl, Megascops trichopsis