Wood Owls

Wood owls
Rusty-barred owl Strix hylophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Order	Strigiformes
Family Information
Family	Strigidae
Sub-family	Striginae
Genus Information
Genus	Strix
Population statistics

Strix is a genus of the family Strigidae, consisting of eighteen species of medium to large owls, and commonly known as earless or wood owls.

Strix has its origins from the Latin striga, meaning "to furrow" or "to strike",^[1] and was first used as a genus name for earless owls by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Species[edit]

• African wood owl, Strix woodfordii
• Barred owl, Strix varia
• Black-banded owl, Strix huhula
• Brown wood owl, Strix leptogrammica
• Chaco owl, Strix chacoensis
• Fulvous owl, Strix fulvescens
• Great grey owl, Strix nebulosa
• Himalayan owl, Strix nivicolum
• Hume's owl, Strix butleri
• Mottled wood owl, Strix ocellata
• Omani owl, Strix omanensis
• Pere David's owl, Strix davidi
• Rufous-legged owl, Strix rufipes
• Rusty-barred owl, Strix hylophila
• Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis
• Spotted wood owl, Strix seloputo
• Tawny owl, Strix aluco
• Ural owl, Strix uralensis

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