Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Alcover 1989, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Olson 1985, Olson and James 1982, Olson and James 1991, Parmalee 1992, Walker and Dyke 2006, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Berruornis, Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Palaeoglaucidae, Primoptynx, Protostrigidae, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Tytonidae
Subtaxa: Aegolius Alasio Asio Asio pygmaeus Athene Basityto Bubo Ciccaba Cryptoglaux Glaucidium Grallistrix Ieraglaucinae Intulula Ketupa Margarobyas Megascops Micrathene Micropallas Mioglaux Necrobyas Ninox Oraristrix Ornimegalonyx Otus Otus henrici Palaeoglaux Prosybris Sceloglaux Speotyto Striginae Strigogyps Strix Surnia Surniinae
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Argentina (1), the Bahamas (6), Bermuda (1), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Cayman Islands (4), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cuba (3), the Dominican Republic (2), East Timor (1), Ecuador (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (5), Greece (19), Hungary (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (13), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), Madagascar (5), Malaysia (5), Mauritius (7), Mexico (1), Monaco (1), New Caledonia (4), New Zealand (14), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Portugal (5), Reunion (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (1), Spain (10), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (79: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Hungary (2), Morocco (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Kenya (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (3)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (2), Germany (2)
Total: 261 collections including 402 occurrences