Strigiformes (Owls)
Family: Strigidae (True Owls)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Aegolius gradyi | Olson, 2012 | Bermuda saw-whet owl | Holocene | Bermuda | Extinct | Access |
| Asio ecuadoriensis | Lo Coco et al., 2020 | Late Pleistocene | Ecuador | Extinct | Access | |
| Asio priscus | Howard, 1964 | - | Late Pleistocene | Channel Islands (San Miguel Island & Santa Rosa Island), California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Asphaltoglaux cecileae | Campbell & Bocheński, 2013 | Asphalt miniature owl | Late Pleistocene | California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Athene angelis | Mourer-Chauviré et. al. 1997 | - | c.80,000 BC | Corsica, France | Extinct | Access |
| Athene blewitti | (Hume, 1873) | Forest little owl, Forest owlet, Forest spotted owlet | (rediscovered) | India (central) | Rediscovered | Access |
| Athene cretensis | Weesie, 1982 | Cretan owl | Late Pleistocene | Armathia and Crete, Greece | Extinct | Access |
| Athene cunicularia amaura | (Lawrence, 1878) | Antiguan burrowing owl | c.1890 | Antigua and Barbuda | Extinct | Access |
| Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis | (Ridgway, 1874) | Marie-Galante burrowing owl | c.1890 | Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe, West Indies | Extinct | Access |
| Athene cunicularia providentiae | Brodkorb, 1959 | Bahamas burrowing owl, Bahaman burrowing owl | Late Pleistocene | Bahamas | Extinct | Access |
| Athene cunicularia ssp. nov. 'Cayman Islands' | - | Cayman burrowing owl | ? | Cayman Islands | ? | Access |
| Athene cf. cunicularia sp. nov. 'Jamaica' | - | Jamaican burrowing owl | ? | Jamaica | Extinct | Access |
| Athene cf. cunicularia sp. nov. 'Puerto Rico' | - | Puerto Rican burrowing owl | ? | Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
| Athene sp. nov. 'Eubea' | - | Eubea owl | Holocene? | Eubea | Extinct | Access |
| Bubo insularis | Mourer-Chauviré & Weesie, 1986 | - | Late Pleistocene | Corsica and Sardinia, Italy | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
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Bubo leguati |
Rothschild, 1907 | ? | Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Bubo osvaldoi | Arredondo & Olson, 1994 | Cuban horned owl, Osvaldo’s owl, Búho de Osvaldo | ? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Bubo sinclairi | Miller, 1911 | - | Late Pleistocene | California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Bubo zeylonensis lamarmorae | Dehaut, 1911 | - | Late Pleistocene | Europe | Extinct | Access |
| Bubo sp. nov. 'Mexico' | - | - | Late Pleistocene | Mexico | Extinct | Access |
| Glaucidium dickinsoni | Brodkorb, 1959 | - | Late Pleistocene? | Bahamas | Invalid? | Access |
| Glaucidium kurochkini | Campbell and Bocheński, 2013 | Kurochkin's pygmy owl | Late Pleistocene | California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Glaucidium mooreorum | Da Silva et al. 2002 | Pernambuco pygmy owl, Pernambuco pygmy-owl | November 2001 | Pernambuco State, Brazil | Missing | Access |
| Grallistrix auceps | Olson & James, 1991 | Kaua'i stilt owl, Long-legged Kauai owl | Holocene | Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Grallistrix erdmani | Olson & James, 1991 | Maui stilt owl | Holocene | Maui, Hawaiian Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Grallistrix geleches | Olson & James, 1991 | Molokai stilt owl | Holocene | Molokai, Hawaiian Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Grallistrix orion | Olson & James, 1991 | Oahu stilt owl | Holocene | Oahu, Hawaii | Extinct | Access |
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Gymnoglaux sp. nov. 'Cuba' |
- | - | ? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Megascops nudipes newtoni | Lawrence, 1860 | Virgin Islands screech-owl, Virgin Islands screech owl, St. Thomas screech owl | pre-1928 | Virgin Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Micrathene whitneyi graysoni | (Ridgway, 1886) | Socorro elf owl | 1931 | Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico | Extinct | Access |
| Ninox albifacies albifacies | Gray, 1844 | Laughing owl, South Island whekau | 1916 | South Island and Stewart Island (historically), Chatham Islands (prehistorically), New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
| Ninox albifacies rufifacies | Buller, 1904 | Laughing owl, North Island whekau | late 1800's | North Island, New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
| Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria | (Ramsey, 1888) | Lord Howe boobook owl | 1950's | Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia | Extinct | Access |
| Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata | (Latham, 1801) | Norfolk boobook, Norfolk Island boobook, Norfolk Island owl Norfolk Island morepork | 1996 | Norfolk Island, Australia | Extinct | Access |
| Oraristrix brea | Howard, 1933 | La Brea owl | Late Pleistocene | California, USA | Extinct | Access |
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Ornimegalonyx acevedoi
|
Arredondo, 1982 | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access | |
| Ornimegalonyx ewingi | Suárez, 2020 | Ewing’s owl, Búho de Ewing | Late Pleistocene? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Ornimegalonyx gigas | Arredondo, 1982 | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access | |
| Ornimegalonyx minor | Arredondo, 1982 | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access | |
| Ornimegalonyx oteroi | Arredondo, 1954 | Pleistocene Cuban owl, Giant cursorial owl, Giant Cuban owl, Búho Gigante Cubano | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Otus alfredi | (Hartert, 1897) | Flores scops owl, Flores scops-owl | (rediscovered) | Flores, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus brookii brookii | (Sharpe, 1892) | Rhaja scops-owl | (rediscovered) | Borneo | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus capnodes | (Gurney, 1889) | Anjouan scops-owl, Anjouan scops owl, Badanga, Comoro scops owl | (rediscovered) | Anjouan (= Ndzuani Island), Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus collari | Lambert & Rasmussen, 1998 | Sangihe Scops-owl, Sangihe Scops Owl | (rediscovered) | Sangihe, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus frutuosoi | Rando et al., 2013 | São Miguel Scops owl | ? | São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean | Extinct | Access |
| Otus grucheti | Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Moutou & Ribes, 1994 | Réunion owl, Réunion lizard-owl | post-1600 AD | Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Otus insularis | (Tristram, 1880) | Seychelles scops-owl, Seychelles scops owl | (rediscovered) | Seychelles | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus mauli | Rando, Pieper, Alcover & Olson, 2012 | Madeiran scops owl, Madeiran scops-owl | ? | Madeira (& Porto Santo?), Portugal | Extinct | Access |
| Otus murivorus | (Milne-Edwards, 1873) | Rodrigues owl, Rodrigues lizard-owl, Leguat's owl | 1726 | Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Otus pauliani | (Benson, 1960) | Grand Comoro scops-owl, Karthala scops owl, Grand Comoro scops-owl, Comoro scops-owl | (rediscovered) | Grand Comoro (=Ngadzidja Island), Comoros | Rediscovered | Access |
| Otus rufescens burbidgei | Hachisuka, 1934 | Sulu reddish scops owl | 1900's (pre-1935) | "Jolo Island" (=Sulu, Philippines) | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Otus sauzieri | Newton & Gadow, 1893 | Mauritius owl, Mauritian lizard-owl, Mauritius lizard-owl, Commerson's scops owl | 1837 | Mauritius | Extinct | Access |
| Otus siaoensis |
(Schlegel, 1873)
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Siau scops owl, Siau scops-owl | 1866 | Siau Island, Indonesia | Missing | Access |
| Pulsatrix arredondoi | Brodkorb, 1968 | Arredondo's owl, Búho de Arredondo | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Scops commersoni | Oustalet, 1896 | ? | Mauritius, Mascarene Islands | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Strix butleri | (Hume, 1878) | Hume's owl, Hume’s tawny owl, Omani owl | (rediscovered) | Iran, Oman, Pakistan etc. | Rediscovered | Access |
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Strix newtoni |
Rothschild, 1907 | ? | Mauritius, Mascarene Islands | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Strix sp. nov. 'Georgia' | - | - | Late Pleistocene | Georgia, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Xenoglaux loweryi | O'Neill & Graves, 1977 | Long-whiskered owlet | (rediscovered) | Peru | Rediscovered | Access |
| STRIGIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. 'Ibiza' | Late Pleistocene | Ibiza, Spain | Extinct | Access |
Family: Tytonidae (Barn Owls, Bay Owls, Grass Owls, Masked Owls)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Phodilus badius riverae | McGregor, 1927 | Samar bay owl | pre-1928 | Samar Island, Philippines | Invalid? | Access |
| Phodilus prigoginei | Schouteden, 1952 | African bay owl, Congo bay-owl, Congo bay owl, Congo bay-owl, Itombwe owl | (rediscovered) | Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo | Rediscovered | Access |
| Tyto cf. alba/aurantiaca | - | New Ireland lesser barn owl | ? | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto balearica balearica | Mourer-Chouviré, Alcover, Moyà-Solà, and Pons-Moyà, 1980 | Balearics owl | Late Pleistocene | Balearic Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto balearica cyrneichnusae | Louchart, 2002 | - | Middle Pleistocene? | Corsica and Sardinia | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto cavatica | Wetmore, 1920 | - | Late Pleistocene | Puerto Rico | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Tyto cravesae | Suárez & Olson, 2015 | Craves’s giant barn owl, Lechuza Gigante de Craves | Late Pleistocene or Holocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto inexspectata | (Schlegel, 1879) | Minahassa masked-owl, Minahassa masked owl, Minahassa barn-owl, Minahassa owl, Unexpected owl | (rediscovered) | Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| ?Tyto letocarti | Balouet & Olson, 1989 | New Caledonian barn owl | Holocene | New Caledonia | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto maniola | Suárez & Olson, 2020 | Cuban dwarf barn owl, Lechuza enana de Cuba | Late Pleistocene | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto melitensis | (Lydekker, 1891) | Maltese barn owl, Malta barn owl | Late Pleistocene | Malta | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Tyto neddi | Steadman & Hilgartner, 1999 | - | ? | Barbuda, Lesser Antillean Islands | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Tyto nigrobrunnea | Neumann, 1939 | Taliabu masked-owl, Taliabu masked owl, Sula barn-owl, Taliabu owl, Sula Islands barn owl | (rediscovered) | Taliabu, Sula Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
| Tyto noeli | Arredondo, 1972 | Noel’s giant barn owl, Lechuza gigante de Noel | Late Pleistocene? | Barbuda, Cuba & Jamaica | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto novaehollandiae cayelii | (Hartert, 1900) | Buru masked owl | (rediscovered) | Buru, Maluku Islands (=Moluccas), Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Tyto novaehollandiae sororcula | (Sclater, 1883) | Maluku masked owl, Moluccan masked owl, Lesser masked owl | (rediscovered) | Larat and Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Maluku Islands (=Moluccas), Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Tyto novaehollandiae troughtoni | Cayley, 1931 | Cave-nesting masked owl, Cave dwelling masked owl, South Australian cave dwelling masked owl | 16 October 1921 or later | Nullabor Plain, Australia (southern) | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Tyto cf. novahollandiae #1 | - | Mussau barn owl | Holocene? | Mussau, St. Matthias Islands, Papua New Guinea | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto cf. novahollandiae #2 | - | New Ireland greater barn owl | Holocene? | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto ostologa | Wetmore, 1922 | - | ? | Haiti, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto pollens | Wetmore, 1937 | Andros Island barn owl, Bahamian barn owl, Bahamian great owl, Lechuza Gigante de las Bahamas | Holocene | Little Exuma and New Providence, Bahamas & Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto riveroi | Arredondo, 1972 | - | Late Pleistocene? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
| Tyto rosenbergii pelengensis | Neumann, 1939 | Peleng masked owl | 22 August 1938 | Peleng Island, Banggai Islands, Indonesia | Rediscovered? | Access |
| Tyto soumagnei | (Grandidier, 1878) | Madagascar red owl, Red owl, Soumagne's owl, Madagascar grass owl | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
| Tyto sp. nov. 'Cuba' | - | - | ? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
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Tyto sp. nov. 'Flores' |
- | - | Late Pleistocene or Holocene | Flores, Indonesia | Extinct | Access |
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Tyto sp. nov. 'Guadeloupe' |
- | - | Late Holocene | Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles | Extinct | Access |
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Tyto sp. nov. 'Madeira' |
- | - | ? | Madeira, Macaronesia | Extinct | Access |
| TYTONIDAE sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui' | - | - | ? | Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) | Extinct | Access |