page_title: Strix (genus)
section_title: Species in taxonomic order
hierarchical_section_title: Strix (genus) / Species in taxonomic order
caption_attribution_description: English: Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Oxfordshire, England. (I believe the eyes are not really red, this is a reflection of my camera flash).
context_page_description: Strix is a genus of owls in the typical owl family, one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being the barn-owl. Common names are earless owls or wood owls, though they are not the only owls without ear tufts, and "wood owl" is also used as a more generic name for forest-living owls. Neotropical birds in the genus Ciccaba are sometimes included in Strix.
  These are medium-sized to largish, robustly built, and powerful owls. They do not have ear tufts and most are highly nocturnal woodland birds. Most live on small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
  Most owls in the genus Strix vocalise through hooting and lack visible ears - this is how they are distinguished from other genera of owls.
  The Latin genus name Strix referred to a legendary, vampiric owl-monster believed to suck the blood of infants. Although the genus Strix was established for the earless owls by Linnaeus in 1758, until the late 19th century, many authors applied it to other owls – namely the Tyto barn-owls.
context_section_description: Spotted wood owl, S. seloputo
  Mottled wood owl, S. ocellata
  Brown wood owl, S. leptogrammica
  Bartels's wood owl or Javan wood owl, S. (leptogrammica) bartelsi
  Himalayan wood owl, S. (leptogrammica) newarensis
  Tawny owl, S.  aluco
  Maghreb owl, S.  mauritanica
  Himalayan owl, S. nivicolum
  Omani owl, S. butleri
  Desert owl, S. hadorami 
  Spotted owl, S. occidentalis
  Northern spotted owl, S. o. caurina
  California spotted owl, S.  o. occidentalis
  Mexican spotted owl, S. o. lucida
  Barred owl, S. varia
  Cinereous owl, S. sartorii
  Fulvous owl, S. fulvescens
  Rusty-barred owl, S. hylophila
  Rufous-legged owl, S. rufipes
  Chaco owl, S. chacoensis
  Ural owl, S. uralensis
  Père David's owl, S. davidi
  Great grey owl, S. nebulosa
  African wood owl, S. woodfordii
  The following are sometimes included in the genus Ciccaba.
  Mottled owl, Strix virgata
  Black-and-white owl, Strix nigrolineata
  Black-banded owl, Strix huhula
  Rufous-banded owl, Strix albitarsis
caption: Brown wood-owl Strix leptogrammica
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