page_title: List of birds of Panama
section_title: Owls
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Panama / Owls
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama included a total of 994 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Nine additional species have been added through eBird through June 2020. Of the 1003 species, 170 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans. Seven are endemic.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Panama as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Panama
  Endemic - a species endemic to Panama
context_section_description: Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae
  The 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.
  Bare-shanked screech-owl, Megascops clarkii
  Tropical screech-owl, Megascops choliba
  Middle-American screech-owl, Megascops guatemalae
  Choco screech-owl, Megascops centralis
  Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata
  Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
  Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (A)
  Costa Rican pygmy-owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
  Central American pygmy-owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
  Ferruginous pygmy-owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
  Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia (A)
  Mottled owl, Ciccaba virgata
  Black-and-white owl, Ciccaba nigrolineata
  Striped owl, Pseudoscops clamator
  Unspotted saw-whet owl, Aegolius ridgwayi (A)
caption: Spectacled owl, a nocturnal bird of humid forest and woodland.
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