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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Strigiformes (owls)
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Family Strigidae (typical owls)
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Genus Aegolius (saw-whet owls) -
Genus Asio (eared owls) -
Genus Athene (burrowing owls)
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Genus Bubo (eagle-owls and horned owls)
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Genus Ciccaba (banded owls)
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Genus Glaucidium (owlets and pygmy-owls)
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Genus Heteroglaux
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Genus Jubula (maned owl)
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Genus Ketupa (fish owls)
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Genus Lophostrix (crested owl)
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Genus Micrathene (elf owl)
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Mimizuku (giant scops owl)
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Genus Nesasio (fearful owl)
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Genus Ninox (boobooks)
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Genus Nyctea (snowy owl)
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Genus Otus (scops-owls and screech-owls)
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Genus Pseudoscops (Jamaican owl and striped owl)
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Ptilopsis (white-faced owls)
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Genus Pulsatrix (spectacled owl and relatives)
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Genus Pyrroglaux (Palau owl)
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Genus Sceloglaux (laughing owl)
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Genus Scotopelia (fishing-owls)
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Genus Strix (earless owls)
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Genus Surnia (hawk-owls)
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Genus Uroglaux (Papuan boobook)
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Genus Xenoglaux (long-whiskered owlet)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
