| 80 Owls Strigidae
 Papuan Hawk-Owl
 Uroglaux dimorpha
 Laughing Owl
 Ninox albifacies †
 Rufous Owl
 Ninox rufa
 Powerful Owl
 Ninox strenua
 Barking Owl
 Ninox connivens
 Australian Boobook
 Ninox boobook
 Tasmanian Boobook
 Ninox leucopsis
 Morepork
 Ninox novaeseelandiae
 Northern Boobook
 Ninox japonica
 Andaman Boobook
 Ninox affinis
 Luzon Boobook
 Ninox philippensis
 Christmas Boobook
 Ninox natalis
 Papuan Boobook
 Ninox theomacha
 Bare-legged Owl
 Margarobyas lawrencii
 Collared Owlet
 Taenioptynx brodiei
 Elf Owl
 Micrathene whitneyi
 Long-whiskered Owlet
 Xenoglaux loweryi
 Boreal Owl
 Aegolius funereus
 Northern Saw-whet Owl
 Aegolius acadicus
 Buff-fronted Owl
 Aegolius harrisii
 White-browed Owl
 Athene superciliaris
 Burrowing Owl
 Athene cunicularia
 Little Owl
 Athene noctua
 Spotted Owlet
 Athene brama
 West Solomons Owl
 Athene jacquinoti
 Guadalcanal Owl
 Athene granti
 Northern Hawk-Owl
 Surnia ulula
 Eurasian Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium passerinum
 Pearl-spotted Owlet
 Glaucidium perlatum
 Red-chested Owlet
 Glaucidium tephronotum
 Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet
 Glaucidium sjostedti
 Asian Barred Owlet
 Glaucidium cuculoides
 Jungle Owlet
 Glaucidium radiatum
 Chestnut-backed Owlet
 Glaucidium castanotum
 African Barred Owlet
 Glaucidium capense
 Chestnut Owlet
 Glaucidium castaneum
 Albertine Owlet
 Glaucidium albertinum
 Northern Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium californicum
 Mountain Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium gnoma
 Costa Rican Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium costaricanum
 Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium nubicola
 Andean Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium jardinii
 Central American Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium griseiceps
 Amazonian Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium hardyi
 Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium brasilianum
 Pacific Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium peruanum
 Austral Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium nana
 Cuban Pygmy Owl
 Glaucidium siju
 Giant Scops Owl
 Otus gurneyi
 White-fronted Scops Owl
 Otus sagittatus
 Serendib Scops Owl
 Otus thilohoffmanni
 Sandy Scops Owl
 Otus icterorhynchus
 Sokoke Scops Owl
 Otus ireneae
 Andaman Scops Owl
 Otus balli
 Flores Scops Owl
 Otus alfredi
 Mountain Scops Owl
 Otus spilocephalus
 Luzon Scops Owl
 Otus longicornis
 Rainforest Scops Owl
 Otus rutilus
 Karthala Scops Owl
 Otus pauliani
 Anjouan Scops Owl
 Otus capnodes
 Rodrigues Scops Owl
 Otus murivorus †
 Pallid Scops Owl
 Otus brucei
 Eurasian Scops Owl
 Otus scops
 Cyprus Scops Owl
 Otus cyprius
 Pemba Scops Owl
 Otus pembaensis
 Sao Tome Scops Owl
 Otus hartlaubi
 African Scops Owl
 Otus senegalensis
 Oriental Scops Owl
 Otus sunia
 Ryukyu Scops Owl
 Otus elegans
 Siau Scops Owl
 Otus siaoensis
 Seychelles Scops Owl
 Otus insularis
 Indian Scops Owl
 Otus bakkamoena
 Collared Scops Owl
 Otus lettia
 Japanese Scops Owl
 Otus semitorques
 Philippine Scops Owl
 Otus megalotis
 Negros Scops Owl
 Otus nigrorum
 Palau Owl
 Otus podarginus
 Northern White-faced Owl
 Ptilopsis leucotis
 Southern White-faced Owl
 Ptilopsis granti
 Jamaican Owl
 Asio grammicus
 Striped Owl
 Asio clamator
 Long-eared Owl
 Asio otus
 Abyssinian Owl
 Asio abyssinicus
 Madagascar Owl
 Asio madagascariensis
 Stygian Owl
 Asio stygius
 Short-eared Owl
 Asio flammeus
 Marsh Owl
 Asio capensis
 Fearful Owl
 Asio solomonensis
 Maned Owl
 Jubula lettii
 Snowy Owl
 Bubo scandiacus
 Great Horned Owl
 Bubo virginianus
 Eurasian Eagle-Owl
 Bubo bubo
 Indian Eagle-Owl
 Bubo bengalensis
 Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
 Bubo ascalaphus
 Cape Eagle-Owl
 Bubo capensis
 Greyish Eagle-Owl
 Bubo cinerascens
 Spotted Eagle-Owl
 Bubo africanus
 Fraser's Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa poensis
 Akun Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa leucosticta
 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa lactea
 Shelley's Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa shelleyi
 Blakiston's Fish Owl
 Ketupa blakistoni
 Brown Fish Owl
 Ketupa zeylonensis
 Tawny Fish Owl
 Ketupa flavipes
 Buffy Fish Owl
 Ketupa ketupu
 Barred Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa sumatrana
 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa nipalensis
 Dusky Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa coromanda
 Philippine Eagle-Owl
 Ketupa philippensis
 Pel's Fishing Owl
 Scotopelia peli
 Rufous Fishing Owl
 Scotopelia ussheri
 Tropical Screech Owl
 Megascops choliba
 Pacific Screech Owl
 Megascops cooperi
 Western Screech Owl
 Megascops kennicottii
 Eastern Screech Owl
 Megascops asio
 Balsas Screech Owl
 Megascops seductus
 Koepcke's Screech Owl
 Megascops koepckeae
 Black-capped Screech Owl
 Megascops atricapilla
 Spectacled Owl
 Pulsatrix perspicillata
 Crested Owl
 Lophostrix cristata
 Spotted Wood Owl
 Strix seloputo
 Mottled Wood Owl
 Strix ocellata
 Brown Wood Owl
 Strix leptogrammica
 Tawny Owl
 Strix aluco
 Desert Owl
 Strix hadorami
 Spotted Owl
 Strix occidentalis
 Barred Owl
 Strix varia
 Fulvous Owl
 Strix fulvescens
 Rufous-legged Owl
 Strix rufipes
 Ural Owl
 Strix uralensis
 Great Grey Owl
 Strix nebulosa
 African Wood Owl
 Strix woodfordii
 Mottled Owl
 Strix virgata
 Black-and-white Owl
 Strix nigrolineata
 Black-banded Owl
 Strix huhula
 81 Mousebirds Coliidae
 82 Cuckoo Roller Leptosomidae
 83 Trogons Trogonidae
 84 Hoopoes Upupidae
 85 Wood Hoopoes Phoeniculidae
 86 Ground Hornbills Bucorvidae
 87 Hornbills Bucerotidae
 88 Rollers Coraciidae
 89 Ground Rollers Brachypteraciidae
 90 Kingfishers Alcedinidae
 91 Todies Todidae
 92 Motmots Momotidae
 93 Bee-eaters Meropidae
 94 Jacamars Galbulidae
 95 Puffbirds Bucconidae
 96 New World Barbets Capitonidae
 97 Toucan Barbets Semnornithidae
 98 Toucans Ramphastidae
 99 Asian Barbets Megalaimidae
 100 African Barbets Lybiidae
 101 Honeyguides Indicatoridae
 102 Woodpeckers Picidae
 103 Seriemas Cariamidae
 104 Caracaras, Falcons Falconidae
 105 New Zealand Parrots Strigopidae
 106 Cockatoos Cacatuidae
 107 African & New World Parrots Psittacidae
 108 Old World Parrots Psittaculidae
 109 New Zealand Wrens Acanthisittidae
 111 Asities Philepittidae
 112 Typical Broadbills Eurylaimidae
 113 African & Green Broadbills Calyptomenidae
 114 Pittas Pittidae
 115 Ovenbirds Furnariidae
 116 Antbirds Thamnophilidae
 118 Antpittas Grallariidae
 119 Gnateaters Conopophagidae
 120 Tapaculos Rhinocryptidae
 121 Crescentchests Melanopareiidae
 122 Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae
 123 Cotingas Cotingidae
 124 Manakins Pipridae
 125 Tityras Tityridae
 126 Sharpbill Oxyruncidae
 127 Royal Flycatchers and allies Onychorhynchidae
 128 Lyrebirds Menuridae
 129 Scrubbirds Atrichornithidae
 130 Bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchidae
 131 Australasian Treecreepers Climacteridae
 132 Australasian Wrens Maluridae
 133 Honeyeaters Meliphagidae
 135 Pardalotes Pardalotidae
 136 Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae
 137 Australasian Babblers Pomatostomidae
 138 Logrunners Orthonychidae
 139 Satinbirds Cnemophilidae
 140 Berrypeckers, Longbills Melanocharitidae
 141 Painted Berrypeckers Paramythiidae
 142 New Zealand Wattlebirds Callaeidae
 143 Stitchbird Notiomystidae
 145 Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes Cinclosomatidae
 146 Wattle-eyes, Batises Platysteiridae
 147 Bushshrikes Malaconotidae
 149 Vangas, Helmetshrikes, Woodshrikes, Shrike-flycatchers Vangidae
 150 Bristlehead Pityriaseidae
 151 Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Peltops Artamidae
 152 Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologidae
 153 Ioras Aegithinidae
 154 Cuckooshrikes Campephagidae
 155 Whiteheads Mohouidae
 160 Whistlers and allies Pachycephalidae
 161 Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers Vireonidae
 162 Figbirds, Orioles, Piopios Oriolidae
 163 Drongos Dicruridae
 164 Fantails, Silktails Rhipiduridae
 165 Monarchs Monarchidae
 167 Shrikes Laniidae
 168 Crows, Jays Corvidae
 171 Ifrita Ifritidae
 172 Birds-of-paradise Paradisaeidae
 173 Australasian Robins Petroicidae
 174 Rockfowl Picathartidae
 175 Rockjumpers Chaetopidae
 177 Waxwings Bombycillidae
 178 Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae
 179 Hypocolius Hypocoliidae
 180 Palmchat Dulidae
 181 Oos Mohoidae
 183 Fairy Flycatchers Stenostiridae
 184 Tits, Chickadees Paridae
 185 Penduline Tits Remizidae
 186 Nicators Nicatoridae
 187 Bearded Reedling Panuridae
 188 Larks Alaudidae
 189 Bulbuls Pycnonotidae
 190 Swallows, Martins Hirundinidae
 192 Crombecs, African Warblers Macrosphenidae
 193 Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies Cettiidae
 195 Yellow Flycatchers Erythrocercidae
 197 Bushtits Aegithalidae
 198 Leaf Warblers & Allies Phylloscopidae
 199 Reed Warblers, Grauer's Warbler & Allies Acrocephalidae
 200 Grassbirds & Allies Locustellidae
 201 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobiidae
 203 Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae
 204 Sylviid Babblers Sylviidae
 205 Parrotbills and allies Paradoxornithidae
 206 White-eyes Zosteropidae
 207 Babblers, Scimitar Babblers Timaliidae
 208 Ground Babblers Pellorneidae
 210 Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae
 212 Sugarbirds Promeropidae
 213 Fairy-bluebirds Irenidae
 214 Goldcrests, Kinglets Regulidae
 217 Wrens Troglodytidae
 218 Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae
 219 Nuthatches Sittidae
 220 Wallcreeper Tichodromidae
 221 Treecreepers Certhiidae
 223 Mockingbirds, Thrashers Mimidae
 224 Starlings, Rhabdornises Sturnidae
 225 Oxpeckers Buphagidae
 226 Thrushes Turdidae
 227 Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
 228 Dippers Cinclidae
 229 Leafbirds Chloropseidae
 230 Flowerpeckers Dicaeidae
 231 Sunbirds Nectariniidae
 232 Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches Passeridae
 233 Weavers, Widowbirds Ploceidae
 234 Waxbills, Munias & Allies Estrildidae
 235 Indigobirds, Whydahs Viduidae
 237 Accentors Prunellidae
 238 Wagtails, Pipits Motacillidae
 239 Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramidae
 240 Finches, Euphonias Fringillidae
 241 Longspurs, Snow Buntings Calcariidae
 242 Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichlidae
 243 Buntings Emberizidae
 244 New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers Passerellidae
 245 Chat-tanagers Calyptophilidae
 246 Hispaniolan Tanagers Phaenicophilidae
 248 Spindalises Spindalidae
 250 Cuban Warblers Teretistridae
 251 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae
 252 Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds Icteridae
 253 New World Warblers Parulidae
 254 Mitrospingid Tanagers Mitrospingidae
 255 Cardinals & Allies Cardinalidae
 256 Tanagers and allies Thraupidae
 
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		| Snowy Owl  IOC v15.1: 3167 birdtheme SpecID 778 Links will open countrypage in new window
 |  Antigua & Barbuda  14.08.2017 Animals of the world  MS
 Belarus  23.11.2007 Owls BirdLife
 Belarus  23.11.2007 Owls BirdLife Sheet with 2 sets
 Belarus  30.11.2023 Birds of Belarus - Strigiformes
 Belarus  30.11.2023 Birds of Belarus - Strigiformes Sheet
 Belgium  13.05.2013 Antwerp Zoo 10v booklet, sa
 Bulgaria  20.05.1988 Sofia Zoo 6v set
 Bulgaria  20.05.1988 Sofia Zoo 6v sheet
 Burundi  31.08.2012 Global warming 4v sheet
 Canada  20.08.2018 Birds of Canada Booklet, sa
 Canada  20.08.2018 Birds of Canada Sheet
 Canada  20.08.2018 Birds of Canada, IOC Sheet
 Centralafrica  12.07.2001 Birds
 Centralafrica  10.06.2013 Owls and birds of prey Sheet
 Centralafrica  20.05.2014 Owls Sheet
 Centralafrica  20.11.2014 Owls Sheet
 Centralafrica  25.06.2015 Owls Sheet
 Centralafrica  15.12.2015 Owls Sheet
 Centralafrica  18.07.2016 Owls Sheet
 Centralafrica  21.11.2016 Birds of prey Sheet
 China  22.03.1995 Owls
 China (Taiwan)  04.06.2004 Harry Potter 6v sheet
 Comoro Islands  14.12.2009 Polar year 4v sheet
 Cuba  28.08.2003 EXPO. BANGKOK 5v set
 Czech Republic  02.09.2015 European owls Sheet
 Czechoslovakia  08.12.1966 Art 5v set
 Djibouti  28.07.2016 Owls  MS
 Finland  04.09.1998 Stamp day, owls Sheet
 Finland  28.02.2018 WWF 3v set, sa
 Greenland  03.09.1987 Birds
 Greenland  08.02.1999 WWF, Snowy Owl pho
 Greenland  08.02.1999 WWF, Snowy Owl Booklet, no pho
 Greenland  17.10.2016 Zackenberg research station 2v set, sa
 Greenland  26.05.2025 Sepac 2025
 Guinea  28.03.2001 Owls Sheet
 Guinea  28.09.2007 Polar year Sheet
 Guinea  28.09.2007 Polar year  MS
 Guinea  10.05.2011 Fridtjof Nansen 6v sheet
 Guinea  15.09.2013 Owls Sheet
 Guinea  01.10.2014 Owls  MS
 Guinea  03.06.2016 Owls  MS
 Guinea  18.07.2016 Birds of prey Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  01.04.2001 Owls, Rotary Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  01.04.2001 Owls, Rotary Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  15.03.2005 Owls, fungi, B.Powell Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  15.05.2005 Owls, B.Powell Sheet,silver
 Guinea-Bissau  15.05.2005 Owls, B.Powell Sheet,gold
 Guinea-Bissau  26.03.2007 Polar year Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  05.08.2008 Owls Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  25.05.2012 Global warming  MS
 Guinea-Bissau  18.11.2013 Owls  MS
 Guinea-Bissau  18.02.2015 Owls Sheet
 Guinea-Bissau  26.05.2015 Owls Sheet
 Hungary  28.12.1984 Owls
 Isle of Man  12.02.1997 Owls
 Isle of Man  12.02.1997 Owls Booklet
 Isle of Man  07.12.2004 Harry Potter 8v set
 Isle of Man  07.12.2004 Harry Potter Sheet with 5x28p
 Korea, North  10.02.2000 Owls Sheet
 Korea, North  10.09.2006 Owls
 Korea, North  10.09.2006 Owls Booklet
 Korea, North  16.11.2006 Belgica '06 logo on 2006.03
 Korea, North  22.05.2013 Owls Sheet with 2 sets
 Korea, North  22.05.2013 Owls Booklet
 Liberia  04.05.1998 The animals of Noah's Ark 25v sheet
 Liberia  04.01.1999 Birds of prey
 Liberia  24.02.1999 Endangered species 6v sheet
 Marshall Islands  05.11.2008 Owls
 Marshall Islands  01.09.2021 Owls Sheet
 Mongolia  05.10.1981 Polar flight 7v set
 Mongolia  06.07.2017 Owls
 Mongolia  06.07.2017 Owls Sheet
 Mozambique  30.10.2012 Riga Zoo 6v sheet
 Mozambique  30.04.2014 Owls  MS
 Mozambique  15.01.2016 Owls Sheet
 Niger  30.11.2014 Birds of prey Sheet
 Niger  20.04.2015 Owls Sheet
 Niger  28.05.2016 Owls Sheet
 Norway  02.01.2018 Birds sa
 Poland  30.11.2017 Owls Sheet
 Portugal  27.08.2019 Harry Potter 4v set
 Rumania  06.05.1985 Protected animals 8v set
 Rumania  28.01.2020 Polar fauna 4v set
 Rumania  12.11.2024 Homochromia and mimicry 4v set
 Russia  28.02.2018 Snowy Owl
 Russia (USSR)  08.02.1990 Owls
 Sao Tome and Principe  08.07.1991 Birds  MS
 Sao Tome and Principe  02.02.2007 Owls and prey Sheet
 Sao Tome and Principe  08.08.2014 Owls Sheet
 Sao Tome and Principe  18.11.2015 Owls Sheet
 Sao Tome and Principe  20.07.2016 European birds, owls Sheet
 Sierra Leone  29.08.2016 Owls Sheet
 Solomon Islands  01.09.2016 Owls Sheet
 St Kitts  04.08.2010 Arctic animals 6v sheet
 St Pierre & Miquelon  01.01.1973 Definitives
 St Vincent & Grenadines  13.02.2001 Owls of the world  MS
 St Vincent & Grenadines  05.04.2024 Birds of the world Sheet
 Sweden  02.01.1997 Wildlife 3v set
 Tanzania  15.11.1999 Fauna and flora 6v sheet
 Togo  15.02.2011 Owls Sheet
 Togo  30.06.2014 Global warming  MS
 Togo  30.06.2014 Owls Sheet
 Togo  30.10.2014 Owls Sheet
 Togo  30.10.2014 Owls  MS
 Togo  15.06.2015 Owls Sheet
 UN Geneva  05.06.2017 World environment day 2v set
 USA  12.03.1999 Arctic animals 5v strip
 USA  19.11.2013 Harry Potter 20v booklet, sa
 
 
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