For sure the Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, and Tawny Owl are the most common owls in the world. Even though there is no actually common owl, they are some of the most widespread on the planet. For more info about these owls, go to owlpages.com and look them up in the search box.
It depends on where you live. In my state of North Carolina, we have the screech owl, barred owl, horned owl, barn owl as year round residents. These are augmented in winter by the short eared and long eared owls.
Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
African Grass OwlTyto capensis
African Marsh OwlAsio capensis
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Akun Eagle OwlBubo leucostictus
Albertine OwletGlaucidium albertinum
Amazonian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium hardyi
Andaman Hawk OwlNinox affinis
Andaman Masked OwlTyto deroepstorffi
Andaman Scops OwlOtus balli
Andean Pygmy OwlGlaucidium jardinii
Anjouan Scops OwlOtus capnodes
Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucops
Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
Austral Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nanum
Australian Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiae
Balsas Screech OwlMegascops seductus
Band-bellied OwlPulsatrix melanota
Bare-shanked Screech OwlMegascops clarkii
Barking OwlNinox connivens
Barred Eagle OwlBubo sumatranus
Barred Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
Barred OwlStrix varia
Bearded Screech OwlMegascops barbarus
Biak island Scops OwlOtus beccarii
Bismarck Hawk OwlNinox variegata
Black-and-White OwlStrix nigrolineata
Black-banded OwlStrix huhula
Black-capped Screech OwlMegascops atricapillus
Blakiston's Fish OwlBubo blakistoni
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Brown Fish OwlBubo zeylonensis
Brown Hawk OwlNinox scutulata
Brown Wood OwlStrix leptogrammica
Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii
Buffy Fish OwlBubo ketupu
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Cape Eagle OwlBubo capensis
Cape Pygmy OwlGlaucidium hoskinsii
Celebes Barn OwlTyto rosenbergii
Celebes Scops OwlOtus manadensis
Central American Pygmy OwlGlaucidium griseiceps
Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis
Chaco Pygmy OwlGlaucidium tucumanum
Chesnut OwletGlaucidium castaneum
Chestnut-backed OwletGlaucidium castanonotum
Christmas Island Hawk OwlNinox natalis
Cinnabar Hawk OwlNinox ios
Cinnamon Scops OwlOtus icterorhynchus
Cinnamon Screech OwlMegascops petersoni
Cloud Forest Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nubicola
Cloud Forest Screech OwlMegascops marshalli
Coastal Screech OwlMegascops pacificus
Colima Pygmy OwlGlaucidium palmarum
Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
Collared Scops OwlOtus lettia
Colombian Screech OwlMegascops colombianus
Common Barn OwlTyto alba
Common Scops OwlOtus scops
Congo Bay OwlTyto prigoginei
Costa Rican Pygmy OwlGlaucidium costaricanum
Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
Cuban Bare-legged OwlGymnoglaux lawrencii
Cuban Pygmy OwlGlaucidium siju
Dusky Eagle OwlBubo coromandus
Eastern Grass OwlTyto longimembris
Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi
Enggano Scops OwlOtus enganensis
Etchécopar's OwletGlaucidium etchecopari
Eurasian Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
Eurasian Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Everett's Scops OwlOtus everetti
Fearful OwlNesasio solomonensis
Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Flammulated OwlOtus flammeolus
Flores Scops OwlOtus alfredi
Forest Eagle OwlBubo nipalensis
Forest Spotted OwletAthene blewitti
Fraser's Eagle OwlBubo poensis
Fulvous OwlStrix fulvescens
Galápagos Short-eared OwlAsio galapagoensis
Giant Scops OwlMimizuku gurneyi
Grand Comoro Scops OwlOtus pauliani
Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosa
Guatemalan Pygmy OwlGlaucidium cobanense
Guatemalan Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
Himalayan Wood OwlStrix newarensis
Hume's Tawny OwlStrix butleri
Indian Eagle OwlBubo bengalensis
Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Jamaican OwlPseudoscops grammicus
Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques
Javan OwletGlaucidium castanopterum
Javan Scops OwlOtus angelinae
Jungle Hawk OwlNinox theomacha
Laughing OwlSceloglaux albifacies
Least Pygmy OwlGlaucidium minutissimum
Lesser Masked OwlTyto sororcula
Lesser Sooty OwlTyto multipunctata
Little OwlAthene noctua
Little Sumba Hawk-OwlNinox sumbaensis
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Long-tufted Screech OwlMegascops sanctaecatarinae
Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryi
Luzon Scops OwlOtus longicornis
Madagascar Hawk OwlNinox superciliaris
Madagascar Long-eared OwlAsio madagascariensis
Madagascar Red OwlTyto soumagnei
Madagascar Scops OwlOtus rutilus
Magellan Horned OwlBubo magellanicus
Maned OwlJubula lettii
Mantanani Scops OwlOtus mantananensis
Manus Hawk OwlNinox meeki
Manus Masked OwlTyto manusi
Maria Koepcke's Screech OwlMegascops koepckeae
Mayotte Scops OwlOtus mayottensis
Mentawai Scops OwlOtus mentawi
Minahassa Masked OwlTyto inexspectata
Mindanao Scops OwlOtus mirus
Mindoro Hawk OwlNinox mindorensis
Mindoro Scops OwlOtus mindorensis
Mohéli Scops OwlOtus moheliensis
Moluccan Hawk OwlNinox squamipila
Moluccan Scops OwlOtus magicus
Montane Forest Screech OwlMegascops hoyi
MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae
Mottled OwlStrix virgata
Mottled Wood OwlStrix ocellata
Mountain Pygmy OwlGlaucidium gnoma
Mountain Scops OwlOtus spilocephalus
Negros Scops OwlOtus nigrorum
New Britain Barn OwlTyto aurantia
New Britain Hawk OwlNinox odiosa
New Guinea Hawk OwlUroglaux dimorpha
Nicobar Scops OwlOtus alius
Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula
Northern Pygmy OwlGlaucidium californicum
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Oaxaca Screech OwlMegascops lambi
Ochre-bellied Hawk OwlNinox ochracea
Omani OwlStrix omanensis
Oriental Bay OwlPhodilus badius
Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
Palau OwlPyrroglaux podarginus
Palawan Scops OwlOtus fuliginosus
Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
Pemba Scops OwlOtus pembaensis
Pernambuco Pygmy OwlGlaucidium mooreorum
Peruvian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
Peruvian Screech OwlMegascops roboratus
Pharaoh Eagle OwlBubo ascalaphus
Philippine Eagle OwlBubo philippensis
Philippine Hawk OwlNinox philippensis
Philippine Scops OwlOtus megalotis
Powerful OwlNinox strenua
Puerto Rican Screech OwlMegascops nudipes
Rajah Scops OwlOtus brookii
Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescens
Ridgway's Pygmy OwlGlaucidium ridgwayi
Rio Napo Screech OwlMegascops napensis
Roraima Screech OwlMegascops roraimae
Rufescent Screech OwlMegascops ingens
Rufous Fishing OwlScotopelia ussheri
Rufous OwlNinox rufa
Rufous-banded OwlStrix albitarsis
Rufous-legged OwlStrix rufipes
Rusty-barred OwlStrix hylophila
Ryukyu Scops OwlOtus elegans
Sangihe Scops OwlOtus collari
Santa Marta Screech OwlMegascops gilesi
São Thomé Scops OwlOtus hartlaubi
Serendib Scops OwlOtus thilohoffmanni
Seychelles Scops OwlOtus insularis
Shelley's Eagle OwlBubo shelleyi
Short-browed OwlPulsatrix pulsatrix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Sichuan Wood OwlStrix davidi
Simeulue Scops OwlOtus umbra
Sjöstedt's OwletGlaucidium sjostedti
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Sokoke Scops OwlOtus ireneae
Solomon Islands Hawk OwlNinox jacquinoti
Southern Boobook OwlNinox boobook
Southern Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops usta
Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
Speckled Hawk OwlNinox punctulata
Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
Spotted Eagle OwlBubo africanus
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis
Spotted OwletAthene brama
Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo
Sri Lanka Bay OwlPhodilus assimilis
Striped OwlAsio clamator
Stygian OwlAsio stygius
Subtropical Pygmy OwlGlaucidium parkeri
Sumba Boobook OwlNinox rudolfi
Sunda Scops OwlOtus lempiji
Taliabu Masked OwlTyto nigrobrunnea
Tamaulipas Pygmy OwlGlaucidium sanchezi
Tasmanian Masked OwlTyto castanops
Tawny Fish OwlBubo flavipes
Tawny-browed OwlPulsatrix koeniswaldiana
Togian Hawk OwlNinox burhani
Torotoroka Scops OwlOtus madagascariensis
Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba
Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi
Ural OwlStrix uralensis
Usambara Eagle OwlBubo vosseleri
Vermiculated Eagle Owl
Vermiculated Fishing Owl
Vermiculated Screech OwlVerreaux's Eagle Owl
Wallace's Scops Owl
Western Screech Owl
Whiskered Screech Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl
White-throated Screech Owl
Yungas Pygmy Owl
There are 2 major groups of owls: Barn Owls, which include, common barn owls, grass owls, and greater and lesser sooty owls, and True owls, which include all the rest.
There are about 200 species of Owl.
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There are around 270 species of owls and I could name a lot but for a complete list go to owlpages.com
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In the UK, we have 5 main types of owl, The Barn Owl The Tawny Owl The Little Owl The Long-Eared Owl and The Short Eared Owl.
A barn owl is prey.
no a barn owl would be a mammal
for the heck of it
Female Barn owls are larger, with larger feet, cere and body but also the female Barn owl has at least one spot on her chest, the male barn owl has none.
the competiton of he barn owl is the other owls.
hunting style of barn owl's
Owls (birds of the order Strigiformes)are divided into two main groups:Strigidae: typical owls such as Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Tytonidae: barn owls such as the common Barn Owl (Tyto alba)The Northern Spotted Owl is Strix occidentalis caurina.The Snowy Owl is Bubo scandiacus.