Typer af Ugler og en AZ Art List
Ugger er nogle af de mest populære raptorer, ikke kun for deres natlige vaner og utroligt udtryksfulde ansigter, men også for deres fremragende evner og de mange legender og overtroer, der omgiver dem. De findes over hele verden, og det kan være nemmere, end mange fuglefugle indser at gå owling og tilføje disse bemærkelsesværdige fugle til deres livsliste . Desuden er mange ugle ideelle ambassadørfugle ved aviærer, zoologiske haver og naturcentre, så alle kan se dem tæt på og få kendskab til deres yndlingsugle.
Typer af ugle
Der er mere end 225 uglearter i verden, opdelt i to familier. Barnugler med deres særskilte hjerteformede ansigtsskiver udgør Tytonidae- familien, mens alle andre uglearter er i Strigidae- familien. Det kan se ud som om der er mange flere arter, men fordi mange ugle går af en række forskellige fælles navne i deres sortiment. Dette gør det vigtigt at lære de videnskabelige navne på ugle at være sikre på korrekte identifikationer og ikke fejl et fælles navn for en helt anden art.
Mens kun en håndfuld uglearter er klassificeret som truet, er næsten 50 arter sårbare eller truet med drastisk nedgang i befolkningen. Flere arter er ikke blevet undersøgt godt nok til at foretage en korrekt bestemmelse af deres status, og så kan antallet af ugle, der kan være i fare for udryddelse, være endnu højere. Lokale befolkninger kan også lide alvorlige trusler i dele af deres rækkevidde, men ikke betragtes truet eller truet over hele verden.
Det er afgørende, at der sikres bevaringsbestræbelser for at beskytte alle ugle for at bevare disse magtfulde og fascinerende fugle for fremtidige generationer af fuglefolk at nyde.
Alfabetisk liste over uglearter
Sorteret efter fælles navn
* - Betragtes som truet eller sårbar på grund af befolkningsfald og voksende overlevelsesrisici
** - Opført som truet og i alvorlig fare for udryddelse, hvis bevarelse ikke gennemføres (Klassifikationer af BirdLife International)
Tytonidae Ugler
- Afrikansk græsugle ( Tyto capensis )
- Ashy-Faced Owl ( Tyto glaucops )
- ** Australian Masked-Owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae )
- Fælles Barneskov ( Tyto alba )
- Kongo Bay-Owl ( Phodilus prigoginei )
- * Østgræsugle ( Tyto longimembris )
- Golden Masked-Owl ( Tyto aurantia )
- Stor soty-ugle ( Tyto tenebricosa )
- * Mindre sooty-ugle ( Tyto multipunctata )
- Madagaskar Røde Ugle ( Tyto soumagnei )
- Minahassa Masked-Owl ( Tyto inexspectata )
- ** Oriental Bay-Owl ( Phodilus badius )
- Seram Masked-Owl ( Tyto almae )
- Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis )
- * Sulawesi Masked-Owl ( Tyto rosenbergii )
- Taliabu Masked-Owl ( Tyto nigrobrunnea )
Strigidae Ugler
- Afrikansk Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium Capense )
- Afrikansk langørede ugle ( Asio abyssinicus )
- Afrikansk Scops-Owl ( Otus Senegalensis )
- Afrikansk træugle ( Strix woodfordii )
- Akun Eagle-Owl ( Bubo leucostictus )
- * Albertine Owlet ( Glaucidium albertinum )
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
- * Andaman Boobook ( Ninox affinis )
- * Andaman Scops-Owl ( Otus balli )
- Andinskyggeugle ( Glaucidium jardinii )
- ** Anjouan Scops-Owl ( Otus capnodes )
- ** Annobon Scops-Owl ( Otus feae )
- Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae )
- Asiatisk Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium Cuculoides )
- Austral Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nana )
- Baja Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
- Balsas Screech-Owl ( Megascops seductus )
- Band-Bellied Owl ( Pulsatrix Melanota )
- * Banggai Scops-Owl ( Otus mendeni )
- Bare-legged Screech-Owl ( Margarobyas lawrencii )
- Bare-Shanked Screech-Owl (Megascops Clarkii)
- Barking Owl ( Ninox connivens )
- Barred Eagle-Owl ( Bubo sumatranus )
- Barred Owl ( Strix varia )
- * Bearded Screech-Owl ( Megascops barbarus )
- * Biak Scops-Owl ( Otus beccarii )
- Bismarck Boobook ( Ninox variegata )
- Sort-hvid-ugle ( Ciccaba nigrolineata )
- Black-Banded Owl ( Ciccaba Huhula )
- Blackcapped Screech-Owl ( Megascops atricapilla )
- ** Blakiston's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo Blakistoni )
- Boreal Ugle ( Aegolius funereus )
- Brown Boobook ( Ninox scutulata )
- Brun fiskugle ( Ketupa zeylonensis )
- Brun træugle ( Strix leptogrammica )
- Buff-Fronted Owl ( Aegolius harrisii )
- Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa Ketupu )
- Burrowing Owl ( Athene Cunicularia )
- Buru Boobook ( Ninox hantu )
- ** Camiguin Boobook ( Ninox leventisi )
- Cape Eagle-Owl ( Bubo capensis )
- ** Cebu Boobook ( Ninox rumseyi )
- Mellemamerikanske Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Griseiceps )
- Chaco Owl ( Strix chacoensis )
- Kastanje Owlet ( Glaucidium Castaneum )
- * Chestnut-Backed Owlet ( Glaucidium castanotum )
- * Chokolade Boobook ( Ninox Randi )
- * Christmas Boobook ( Ninox natalis )
- * Cinnabar Boobook ( Ninox ios )
- Cinnamon Screech-Owl ( Megascops petersoni )
- * Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
- * Cloudforest Screech-Owl ( Megascops Marshalli )
- Colima Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium palmarum )
- Collared Owlet ( Glaucidium Brodiei )
- Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus Lettia )
- * Colombianske Screech-Owl ( Megascops colombianus )
- Costa Rica Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Costaricanum )
- Crested Owl ( Lophostrix cristata )
- Cubansk Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium siju )
- Dusky Eagle-Owl ( Bubo Coromandus )
- Eastern Screech-Owl ( Megascops asio )
- Elf Uwl ( Micrathene whitneyi )
- * Enggano Scops-Owl ( Otus enganensis )
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo )
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
- Eurasian Scops-Owl ( Otus scops )
- * Frygtelig Ugle ( Nesasio Solomonensis )
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Brazilianum )
- Flamuleret Ugle ( Psiloscops Flammeolus )
- ** Flores Scops-Owl ( Otus alfredi )
- ** Forest Owlet ( Heteroglaux blewitti )
- Frasers Eagle-Owl ( Bubo poensis )
- Fulvous Owl ( Strix fulvescens )
- * Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi )
- ** Grand Comoro Scops-Owl ( Otus pauliani )
- Stor Grå Ugle ( Strix Nebulosa )
- Great Horned Owl ( Bubo virginianus )
- Grey Eagle Eagle ( Bubo Cinerascens )
- * Guadalcanal Boobook ( Ninox granti )
- Guatemalas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Cobanense )
- Guatemalas Screech-Owl ( Megascops Guatemalae )
- Halmahera Boobook ( Ninox hypogramma )
- Himalayan Uwl ( Strix nivicolum )
- Hume's Boobook ( Ninox obscura )
- Hume's Owl ( Strix butleri )
- Indisk Scops-Owl ( Otus Bakkamoena )
- Jamaicanske ugle ( pseudoscops grammicus )
- Japansk Scops-Owl ( Otus Semitorques )
- Javan Owlet ( Glaucidium castanopterum )
- * Javan Scops-Owl ( Otus angelinae )
- Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha )
- Jungle Owlet ( Glaucidium radiatum )
- Koepcke's Screech-Owl ( Megascops koepckeae )
- * Mindste Boobook ( Ninox Sumbaensis )
- Mindste pygmy-ugle ( Glaucidium minutissimum )
- Lille Ugle ( Athene Noctua )
- Long-Tufted Screech-Owl ( Megascops Sanctaecatarinae )
- ** Long Whiskered Owlet ( Xenoglaux loweryi )
- Luzon Boobook ( Ninox philippensis )
- * Luzon Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus longicornis )
- Luzon Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis )
- Madagaskar langørede ugle ( Asio madagascariensis )
- Madagaskar Scops-Owl ( Otus rutilus )
- Magellanic Horned Owl ( Bubo Magellanicus )
- * Makira Boobook ( Ninox Roseoaxillaris )
- * Malaita Boobook ( Ninox Malaitae )
- Maned Owl ( Jubula lettii )
- * Mantanani Scops-Owl ( Otus mantananensis )
- Manus Boobook ( Ninox Meeki )
- Marsh Owl ( Asio capensis )
- Mayotte Scops-Owl ( Otus mayottensis )
- * Mentawai Scops-Owl ( Otus mentawi )
- * Mindanao Boobook ( Ninox spilocephala )
- * Mindanao Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus mirus )
- Mindanao Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus everetti )
- * Mindoro Boobook ( Ninox mindorensis )
- * Mindoro Scops-Owl ( Otus mindorensis )
- ** Moheli Scops-Owl ( Otus moheliensis )
- Moluccan Scops-Owl ( Otus magicus )
- Morepork ( Ninox novaeseelandiae )
- Beskævet Ugle ( Ciccaba Virgata )
- Beskæftiget træugle ( Strix ocellata )
- Mountain Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Gnoma )
- Mountain Scops-Owl ( Otus spilocephalus )
- * New Britain Boobook ( Ninox odiosa )
- Nicobar Scops-Owl ( Otus alius )
- Northern Boobook ( Ninox japonica )
- Northern Hawk-Owl ( Surnia ulula )
- Northern Long-Eared Owl ( Asio Otus )
- Northern Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium californicum )
- Northern Saw-Whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus )
- Northern White-Faced Owl ( Ptilopsis leucotis )
- * Ocher-Bellied Boobook ( Ninox ochracea )
- Omani Owl ( Strix omanensis )
- Orientalsk Scops-Ugle ( Otus Sunia )
- Pacific Screech-Owl ( Megascops cooperi )
- Palau Uge ( Pyrroglaux podargina )
- * Palawan Scops-Owl ( Otus fuliginosus )
- Pallid Scops-Owl ( Otus brucei )
- Papuan Boobook ( Uroglaux Dimorpha )
- Pearl-Spotted Owlet ( Glaucidium Perlatum )
- Pel's Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia peli )
- * Pemba Scops-Owl ( Otus pembaensis )
- ** Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Mooreorum )
- Peruvian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium peruanum )
- Peruvian Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
- Farao Eagle-Owl ( Bubo ascalaphus )
- * Filippinsk Eagle-Owl ( Bubo philippensis )
- Kraftig Ugle ( Ninox Strenua )
- Puerto Rican Screech-Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
- Rajah Scops-Owl ( Otus brookii )
- Red-Chested Owlet ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
- * Reddish Scops-Owl ( Otus rufescens )
- * Rinjani Scops-Owl ( Otus jolandae )
- Rock Eagle-Owl ( Bubo Bengalensis )
- * Romblon Boobook ( Ninox spilonotus )
- Rufescent Screech-Owl ( Megascops ingens )
- * Rufous Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia ussheri )
- Rufous Owl ( Ninox rufa )
- Rufous-Banded Owl ( Ciccaba Albitarsis )
- Rufous-Legged Owl ( Strix Rufipes )
- * Rusty-Barred Owl ( Strix hylophila )
- * Ryukyu Scops-Owl ( Otus elegans )
- Sandy Scops-Owl ( Otus icterorhynchus )
- Sangihe Scops-Owl ( Otus Collari )
- * Sao Tome Scops-Owl ( Otus hartlaubi )
- Seram Boobook ( Ninox Squamipila )
- ** Serendib Scops-Owl ( Otus thilohoffmanni )
- ** Seychellerne Scops-Owl ( Otus insularis )
- * Shelleys Eagle-Owl ( Bubo Shelleyi )
- Short-Eared Owl ( Asio Flammeus )
- ** Siau Scops-Owl ( Otus siaoensis )
- * Simeulue Scops-Owl ( Otus umbra )
- Sjostedt's Owlet ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
- Snedækket Ugle ( Bubo Scandiacus )
- Socotra Scops-Owl ( Otus socotranus )
- ** Sokoke Scops-Owl ( Otus ireneae )
- Southern Boobook ( Ninox boobook )
- Southern White-Faced Owl ( Ptilopsis granti )
- Speckled Boobook ( Ninox punctulata )
- Spectacled Owl ( Pulsatrix perspicillata )
- Spot-Bellied Eagle-Owl ( Bubo nipalensis )
- Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus )
- * Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis )
- Spotted Owlet ( Athen brama )
- Spotted Wood-Owl ( Strix seloputo )
- Striped Owl ( Asio clamator )
- Stygian Ugle ( Asio Stygius )
- Subtropisk Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium parkeri )
- * Sula Scops-Owl ( Otus sulaensis )
- Sulawesi Scops-Owl ( Otus manadensis )
- * Sulu Boobook ( Ninox reyi )
- * Sumba Boobook ( Ninox rudolfi )
- Sunda Scops-Owl ( Otus lempiji )
- Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
- Tanimbar Boobook ( Ninox forbesi )
- Tasmanian Boobook ( Ninox leucopsis )
- Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes )
- Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco )
- Tawny-Bellied Screech-Owl ( Megascops watsonii )
- Tawny-Browed Owl ( Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana )
- * Togisk Boobook ( Ninox Burhani )
- Tropical Screech-Owl ( Megascops choliba )
- Tucuman Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium tucumanum )
- Ubeskåret Saw-Whet Owl ( Aegolius ridgwayi )
- Ural Uge ( Strix uralensis )
- Vermiculated Fishing-Owl ( Scotopelia bouvieri )
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl ( Megascops vermiculatus )
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo lacteus )
- * Visayan Scops-Owl ( Otus nigrorum )
- Wallace's Scops-Owl ( Otus silvicola )
- West Solomons Boobook ( Ninox Jacquinoti )
- Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii )
- Wetar Scops-Owl ( Otus tempestatis )
- Whiskered Screech-Owl ( Megascops trichopsis )
- Hvidblyget Ugle ( Athene superciliaris )
- * White-Fronted Scops-Owl ( Otus sagittatus )
- Hvid-Throated Screech-Owl ( Megascops Albogularis )
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Bolivianum )
- Yungas Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )