Eagle owls

Eagle owls
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Order	Strigiformes
Family Information
Families	Strigidae
Sub-family	Striginae
Tribe Information
Tribe	Bombini
Genus Information
Genus	Bubo
Population statistics

Bubo is a genus of owls of the family Strigidae, and commonly known as either eagle or horned owls, and includes 25 living species. Bubo includes some of the largest living owls.

Types of species

Debate is still on-going as to the proper taxonomy of several species here referred to as fish or fishing owls; the genera in which they are also listed by many authorities is in parenthesis.

• Akun eagle-owl, Bubo leucostictus
• Barred eagle-owl, Bubo sumatranus
• Blakiston's fish-owl, (Ketupa) Bubo blakistoni
• Brown fish-owl, (Ketupa) Bubo zeylonensis
• Buffy fish-owl, (Ketupa) Bubo ketupu
• Cape eagle owl, Bubo capensis
• Dusky eagle-owl, Bubo coromandus
• Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo
• Fraser's eagle owl, Bubo poensis
• Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
• Greyish eagle owl, Bubo cinerascens
• Indian eagle owl, Bubo bengalensis
• Magellanic horned owl, Bubo magellanicus
• Pel's fishing-owl, (Scotopelia) Bubo peli
• Pharaoh eagle owl, Bubo ascalaphus
• Philippine eagle owl, Bubo philippensis
• Rufous fishing-owl, (Scotopelia) Bubo ussheri
• Shelley's eagle-owl, Bubo shelleyi
• Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
• Spot-bellied eagle owl, Bubo nipalensis
• Spotted eagle owl, Bubo africanus
• Tawny fish-owl, (Ketupa) Bubo flavipes
• Usumbara eagle owl, Bubo vosseleri
• Vermiculated fishing-owl, (Scotopelia) Bubo bouvieri
• Verreaux's eagle-owl, Bubo lacteus