Parvorder: Strigida

Family: Strigidae

Genus: Otus

O. i. icterorhynchus
O. i. holerythrus
English: Cameroon Scops-Owl

Otus ireneae Sokoke Scops Owl
English: Morden's Scops Owl
French: Petit-Duc d’Irène, Petit-duc de Sokoke

Otus hartlaubi São Tomé Scops Owl
Alternative : Otus leucopsis, Otus scapulatus
French: Petit-Duc de São Tomé
Audio Recording: C07-29

Otus brucei Pallid Scops Owl
Alternative scientific: O. scops socotranus
English: Bruce's Scops Owl, Striated Scops Owl, Desert Screech Owl
French: Petit-Duc de Bruce

O. b. exiguus
Alternative: O. b. exiquus

Otus senegalensis African Scops Owl
English: Cape Scops Owl, Annobon Scops Owl
French: Petit-duc africain
Audio Recording: G0396

O. s. senegalensis
Alternative: Otus scops senegalensis
English: Cape Scops-Owl
Alternative : O. s. capensis, O. s. hendersoni, O. s. ugandae, O. s. intermedia, O. s. grisea, O. s. pusilla, O. s. konigseggi
Audio Recording: C07-28
O. s. nivosus
Alternative: Otus scops nivosus
O. s. feae
Alternative: Otus scops feae
English: Annobon Scops-Owl

O. b. socotranus
Alternative: Otus brucei socotranus, Otus scops socotranus
English: Socotra Scops Owl

Otus scops Eurasian Scops Owl
English: European Scops Owl, Common Scops Owl
French: Petit-duc scops, Hibou petit-duc

O. s. scops
Audio Recording: C03-13
O. s. mallorcae
O. s. pulchellus
English: Eastern Scops-Owl
Subsumed Subspecies: O. s. cycladum???
O. s. turanicus

Otus pembaensis Pemba Scops Owl
Alternative: Otus rutila pembaensis, Otus rutilus pembaensis
English: Russet Scops Owl
French: Petit-Duc de Pemba

Otus rutilus Madagascar Scops Owl
Subsumed Subspecies: O. r. rutilus
English: Malagasy Scops Owl
French: Petit-duc malgache

Otus mayottensis Mayotte Scops Owl
Alternative name: Otus rutilus mayottensis

Otus madagascariensis Torotoroka Scops Owl

Otus capnodes Anjouan Scops Owl
Alternative: Otus rutilus capnodes
French: Petit-duc d’Anjouan

Otus pauliani Grand Comoro Scops Owl
English: Comoro Scops Owl, Karthala Scops Owl
French: Petit-duc de Karthala

Otus insularis Seychelles Scops Owl
Alternative: Otus magicus insularis
French: Petit-duc scieur, Hibou petit-duc scieur

Otus moheliensis Moheli Scops Owl
French: Petit-duc de Mohéli

Genus: Ptilopsis

Ptilopsis leucotis Northern White-faced Scops Owl
Alternative: Otus leucotis, Ptilopsus leucotis
Subsumed Subspecies: P. l. leucotis
English: Northern White-faced Owl, White-faced Scops Owl, White-faced Owl
French: Petit-Duc de Temminck, Petit-Duc à face blanche
Audio Recording: C07-30

Ptilopsis granti Southern White-faced Scops Owl
Alternative: Otus granti, Ptilopsus granti
Subsumed Subspecies: P. l. granti
English: Northern White-faced Owl, White-faced Scops Owl, White-faced Owl
French: Petit-duc de Grant
Audio Recording: G0397

Genus: Bubo

B. b. hispanus
B. a. interpositus

Bubo ascalaphus Pharaoh's Eagle-Owl
Alternative: Bubo bubo ascalaphus
Subsumed Subspecies: B. a. ascalaphus (Alternative: Bubo bubo ascalaphus; English: Desert Eagle-Owl)
Subsumed Subspecies: B. a. desertorum (Alternative: Bubo bubo desertorum)
English: Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Desert Eagle-Owl, Savigny's Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-duc ascalaphe, Grand-duc du desert
Audio Recording: C03-14

Bubo capensis Cape Eagle-Owl
English: Mountain Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-Duc du Cap, Grand-Duc de montagne
Audio Recording: G0400

B. c. capensis
English: Cape Eagle-Owl
B. c. dillonii
English: Abyssinian Eagle-Owl, Dillon's Eagle-Owl, Mountain Eagle-Owl
B. c. mackinderi
English: Mackinder's Eagle-Owl, Kenya Eagle-Owl

Bubo africanus Spotted Eagle-Owl
English: African Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-Duc africain
Audio Recordings: G0401, C07-31

B. a. africanus
Alternative: B. a. maculosus
B. a. tanai
Alternative: B. a. tanae, Bubo africanus tanai

Bubo cinerascens Greyish Eagle-Owl
Alternative: Bubo africanus cinerascens
Subsumed Subspecies: B. c. cinerascens
English: Abyssinian Spotted Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-duc du Sahel
Audio Recordings: G0401, C07-31
Alternative: B. a. kollmannspergeri

Bubo poensis Fraser's Eagle-Owl
Subsumed Subspecies: B. p. poensis
French: Grand-Duc à aigrettes
Audio Recording: C07-33

Bubo vosseleri Usambara Eagle-Owl
Alternative: Bubo poensis vosseleri
Subsumed Subspecies: B. v. vosseleri
English: Nduk Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-duc des Usambaras

Bubo shelleyi Shelley's Eagle-Owl
English: Banded Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-Duc de Shelley, Grand-duc bandé
Audio Recording: C07-34

Bubo lacteus Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
English: Giant Eagle-Owl, Milky Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-Duc de Verreaux
Audio Recordings: G0402, C07-35

Bubo leucostictus Akun Eagle-Owl
English: Sooty Eagle-Owl
French: Grand-Duc tacheté
Audio Recording: C07-32

Genus: Scotopelia

Genus: Strix

S. w. woodfordii
Alternative: S. w. woodfordi
English: South African Wood-Owl, Swahili Wood-Owl
Alternative: S. w. suahelia
S. w. nuchalis
English: West African Woo-Owl, Niam-Niam Wood-Owl
Alternative : S. w. bohndorffi
S. w. nigricantior
English: East African Wood-Owl
S. w. umbrina
English: Abyssinian Wood-Owl

Strix aluco Tawny Owl
English: Eurasian Tawny Owl, Eurasian Wood-Owl, Tawny Wood-Owl
French: Chouette hulotte
Audio Recording: C03-16

S. a. mauretanica

Strix butleri Hume's Tawny Owl
English: Hume's Owl, Hume's Wood-Owl, Desert Owl
French: Chouette de Butler

Genus: Jubula

Genus: Glaucidium

G. p. licua
Alternative: G. p. kilimense
G. p. perlatum

Glaucidium tephronotum Red-chested Owlet
Alternative scientific: Glaucidium pycrafti
English: Yellow-legged Owlet
French: Chevêchette à pieds jaunes
Audio Recording: C07-40

G. t. tephronotum
G. t. pycrafti
English: Yellow-legged Owlet
G. t. medje
Alternative: G. t. lukolelae, G. t. kivuense
G. t. elgonense

Glaucidium sjostedti Sjöstedt's Owlet
English: Chestnut-backed Owlet, Cameroon Barred Owlet, Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet
French: Chevêchette à queue barrée
Audio Recording: C07-43

Glaucidium capense African Barred Owlet
Alternative: G. castaneum
English: Barred Owl, Barred Owlet, Chestnut Owlet
French: Chevêchette du Cap, Chevêchette à poitrine barrée
Audio Recordings: G0399, C07-41

G. c. ngamiense
Alternative: Glaucidium ngamiense
English: Ngami Barred Owlet, Ngami Owlet
French:  Chevêchette de Ngami
Alternative: G. c. clanceyi, G. c. robertsi
G. c. capense
English: Cape Barred Owlet
G. c. scheffleri
Alternative: Glaucidium scheffleri
English: Scheffler's Owlet, Scheffler's Owl, East African Barred Owlet, Eastern Barred Owlet

Glaucidium castaneum Chestnut Owlet
Alternative: Glaucidium capense castaneum
English: Chestnut Barred Owlet
French: Chevêchette châtaine

G. c. castaneum
Alternative: Glaucidium capense castaneum
English: Chestnut Owlet, Lake District Barred Owlet, Lake District Owlet, Ituri Owlet
G. c. etchecopari
Alternative: Glaucidium capense etchecopari

Glaucidium albertinum Albertine Owlet
Alternative: Glaucidium capense albertinum
English: Prigogine's Owlet
French: Chevêchette du Graben
Audio Recording: C07-42

Genus: Athene

A. n. glaux
A. n. saharae
Alternative: A. n. lilith
A. n. solitudinis
A. n. spilogastra
English: Red Sea Little Owl
A. n. somaliensis
English: Somali Little Owl

Genus: Asio

A. a. abyssinicus
Alternative : Asio otus abyssinicus
English: Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
A. o. graueri
Alternative : Asio otus graueri
English: Central African Long-eared Owl

Asio otus Northern Long-eared Owl
Alternative scientific: A. abyssinicus otus
English: Long-eared Owl, Common Long-eared Owl
French: Hibou moyen-duc
Audio Recording: C03-17

A. o. otus
A. o. canariensis

Asio madagascariensis Madagascar Long-eared Owl
English: Madagascar Owl
French: Hibou malgache

Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl
French: Hibou des marais
Audio Recording: C03-18

A. f. flammeus
Alternative: A. f. accipitrinus

Asio capensis Marsh Owl
Alternative: A. helvola
English: African Marsh Owl
French: Hibou du Cap
Audio Recordings: G0395, C03-19

A. c. capensis
English: South African Marsh Owl
Alternative: A. c. helvola
A. c. tingitanus
English: Algerian Marsh Owl
A. c. hova

Ninox superciliaris White-browed Owl
English: White-browed Hawk-Owl
French: Ninoxe à sourcils blancs, Chevêchette à sourcils blancs