Uil Soort Lys

Uile is van die gewildste roofvoëls, nie net vir hul nagtelike gewoontes en ongelooflik ekspressiewe gesigte nie, maar ook vir hul uitstaande vermoëns en die talle legendes en bygelowe wat hulle omring. Hulle word wêreldwyd aangetref, en dit kan makliker wees as baie voëlkykers besef om te gaan owling en voeg hierdie merkwaardige voëls by hul lewenslys . Daarbenewens is baie uile ideale ambassadeurvoëls by aviaries, dieretuine en natuursentrums, sodat almal hulle naby kan sien en intussen vertroud raak met hul gunsteling uile.

Soorte Uile

Daar is meer as 225 uilspesies ter wêreld, verdeel in twee families. Skuuruile met hul onderskeie hartvormige gesigskyfies maak die Tytonidae- familie uit, terwyl alle ander uilspesies in die Strigidae- familie is. Dit lyk asof daar baie meer spesies is, aangesien baie uile deur 'n aantal verskillende algemene name heen gaan. Dit maak dit belangrik om die wetenskaplike name van uile te leer om seker te maak van behoorlike identifikasies en nie een algemene naam vir 'n heeltemal verskillende spesie te mis nie.

Terwyl slegs 'n handjievol uilspesies geklassifiseer word as bedreig, is byna 50 spesies kwesbaar of bedreig met drastiese populasie afname. Verskeie spesies is nie genoegsaam bestudeer om 'n behoorlike bepaling van hul status te bepaal nie, en dus kan die aantal uile wat in gevaar van uitsterwing in gevaar is, selfs hoër wees. Plaaslike bevolkings kan ook ernstige bedreigings ondervind in dele van hul reeks, maar nie wêreldwyd bedreig of bedreig word nie.

Dit is noodsaaklik dat bewaringspogings ingestel word om alle uile te beskerm om hierdie kragtige en fassinerende voëls te bewaar vir toekomstige geslagte voëlkykers.

Alfabetiese lys van uil spesies
Gesorteer volgens algemene naam

* - Oorweeg bedreig of kwesbaar weens bevolkingsvermindering en groeiende oorlewingsgevare
** - Gevaar as bedreig en in kritieke bedreigingsgevaar indien bewaring nie geïmplementeer word nie (Klassifikasies deur BirdLife International)

Tytonidae Uile

• Afrika- grasuil ( Tyto capensis )
• Asy-Faced Owl ( Tyto glaucops )
• ** Australiese Masked-Owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae )
• Gewone Boereuil ( Tyto alba )
• Kongo Bay-Owl ( Phodilus prigoginei )
• * Oos Grasuil ( Tyto longimembris )
• Goue Masked-Owl ( Tyto aurantia )
• Groot Sooty-Owl ( Tyto tenebricosa )
• * Klein Sooty-Owl ( Tyto multipunctata )
• Madagaskar Rooi Uil ( Tyto soumagnei )
• Minahassa Masked-Owl ( Tyto inexspectata )
• ** Oosterse Baai-Uil ( Phodilus badius )
• Seram Masked-Owl ( Tyto almae )
• Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis )
• * Sulawesi Masked-Owl ( Tyto rosenbergii )
• Taliabu Masked-Owl ( Tyto nigrobrunnea )

Strigidae Uile

• Afrikaanse Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense )
• Afrikaanse Langbeenuil ( Asio Abyssinicus )
• Afrikaanse Scops-Uil ( Otus Senegalensis )
• Afrikaanse Houtuil ( Strix woodfordii )
• Akun Eagle-Owl ( Bubo leucostictus )
• * Albertine Owlet ( Glaucidium albertinum )
• Amazone Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
• * Andaman Boobook ( Ninox affinis )
• * Andaman Scops-Owl ( Otus balli )
• Andean Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium jardinii )
• ** Anjouan Scops-Owl ( Otus capnodes )
• ** Annobon Scops-Owl ( Otus feae )
• Arabiese Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae )
• Asiatiese Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium Cuculoides )
• Austral Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium nana )
• Baja Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
• Balsas Screech-Owl ( Megascops seductus )

• Band-Bellied Uil ( Pulsatrix melanota )
• * Banggai Scops-Owl ( Otus Mendeni )
• Kaal-legged Screech-Owl ( Margarobyas lawrencii )
• Kaal-Gekrapte Uil (Megascops Clarkii)
• Blafuil ( Ninox connivens )
• Barred Eagle-Owl ( Bubo sumatranus )
• Barred Owl ( Strix varia )
• * Bearded Screech-Owl ( Megascops barbarus )
• * Biak Scops-Uil ( Otus beccarii )
• Bismarck Boobook ( Ninox variegata )
• Swart-en- wituil ( Ciccaba nigrolineata )
• Swartbonduil ( Ciccaba huhula )
• Swartbokke-Owl ( Megascops atricapilla )
• ** Blakiston's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo blakistoni )
• Boreale Uil ( Aegolius funereus )
• Bruin Boobook ( Ninox scutulata )
• Bruin Visuil ( Ketupa zeylonensis )
• Bruin Houtuil ( Strix leptogrammica )
• Buff-Fronted Owl ( Aegolius harrisii )
• Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu )
• Burrowing Owl ( Athene Cunicularia )
• Buru Boobook ( Ninox hantu )
• ** Camiguin Boobook ( Ninox leventisi )

• Kaapse Adeluil ( Bubo capensis )
• ** Cebu Boobook ( Ninox rumseyi )
• Central American Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps )
• Chaco Uil ( Strix chacoensis )
• Kastanje Owlet ( Glaucidium Castaneum )
• * Kastanje- geruite Owlet ( Glaucidium castanotum )
• * Sjokolade Boobook ( Ninox Randi )
• * Kersfees Boobook ( Ninox natalis )
• * Cinnabar Boobook ( Ninox Ios )
• Kaneel Screech-Owl ( Megascops petersoni )
• * Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
• * Cloudforest Screech-Owl ( Megascops Marshalli )
• Colima Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium palmarum )
• Collared Owlet ( Glaucidium Brodiei )
• Gekruiste Scops-Uil ( Otus Latvia )
• * Colombiaanse Screech-Owl ( Megascops colombianus )
• Costa Ricaanse Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium costaricanum )
• Kruisuil ( Lophostrix cristata )
• Kubaanse Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium siju )
• Donker Adeluil ( Bubo Coromandus )
• Oos-Screech-Owl ( Megascops asio )
• Elfuil ( Micrathene whitneyi )
• * Enggano Scops-Owl ( Otus enganensis )
• Eurasiese Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo )
• Eurasiese Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium passerinum )
• Eurasiese Scops-Uil ( Otus scops )
• * Vreeslike Uil ( Nesasio Solomonensis )
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium Brazilianum )
• Gevlamde Uil ( Psiloscops flammeolus )
• ** Flores Scops-Owl ( Otus alfredi )
• ** Bos Owlet ( Heteroglaux blewitti )
• Fraser's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo poensis )
• Fulvous Uil ( Strix fulvescens )
• * Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi )
• ** Grand Comoro Scops-Owl ( Otus pauliani )
• Groot Grijze Uil ( Strix Nebulosa )
• Groot Gehoornde Uil ( Bubo Virginianus )
• Grey Eagle-Owl ( Bubo cinerascens )
• * Guadalcanal Boobook ( Ninox granti )
• Guatemalese Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium Cobanense )
• Guatemalaanse Screech-Owl ( Megascops Guatemalae )
• Halmahera Boobook ( Ninox hypogramma )
• Himalayan Uil ( Strix nivicolum )
• Hume's Boobook ( Ninox obscura )
• Hume's Owl ( Strix butleri )
• Indiese Scops-Uil ( Otus bakkamoena )
• Jamaikaanse Uil ( Pseudoscops grammicus )
• Japanese 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 )
• * Laaste Boobook ( Ninox sumbaensis )
• Kleinste Pigmyuil ( Glaucidium minutissimum )
• Klein Uil ( Athene noctua )

• Long-Tufted Screech-Owl ( Megascops sanctaecatarinae )
• ** Long Whiskered Owlet ( Xenoglaux loweryi )
• Luzon Boobook ( Ninox philippensis )
• * Luzon Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus longicornis )
• Luzon Lowlands Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis )
• Madagaskar Long-Eared Owl ( Asio Madagascariensis )
• Madagaskar Scops-Owl ( Otus rutilus )
• Magellaniese Gehoornde Uil ( Bubo Magellanicus )
• * Makira Boobook ( Ninox Roseoaxillaris )
• * Malaita Boobook ( Ninox Malaitae )
• Maned Owl ( Jubula lettii )
• * Mantanani Scops-Owl ( Otus mantananensis )
• Manus Boobook ( Ninox meeki )
• Marsh Uil ( 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-Uil ( Otus everetti )
• * Mindoro Boobook ( Ninox mindorensis )
• * Mindoro Scops-Owl ( Otus mindorensis )
• ** Moheli Scops-Uil ( Otus moheliensis )
• Molukse Scops-Owl ( Otus magicus )
• Morepork ( Ninox novaeseelandiae )
• Gevlekte Uil ( Ciccaba virgata )
• Gevlekte Houtuil ( Strix ocellata )
• Bergluimuil ( Glaucidiumgnoma )
• Mountain Scops-Owl ( Otus spilocephalus )
• * New Britain Boobook ( Ninox odiosa )
• Nicobar Scops-Owl ( Otus alius )
• Noordelike Boobook ( Ninox japonica )
• Noordelike Hawkuil ( Surnia ulula )
• Noordelike Long-Eared Owl ( Asio Otus )
• Noordelike Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium californicum )
• Noordelike Saw- Whetuil ( Aegolius Acadicus )
• Noordelike Witgesig Uil ( Ptilopsis Leucotis )
• * Oker-Geklopte Boobook (Ninox-enracea)
• Omani Uil ( Strix omanensis )
• Oosterse Scops-Uil ( Otus Sunia )
• Stille Oseaan Screech-Owl ( Megascops cooperi )
• Palau Uil ( Pyrroglaux podargina )
• * Palawan Scops-Owl ( Otus fuliginosus )
• Pallid Scops-Owl ( Otus brucei )
• Papoeaanse Booboek ( Uroglaux Dimorpha )
• Pêrelpotted Owl ( Glaucidium Perlatum )
• Pel se Visvanguil ( Scotopelia peli )
• * Pemba Scops-Owl ( Otus pembaensis )
• ** Pernambuco Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium Mooreorum )
• Peruaanse Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium peruanum )
• Peruaanse Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
• Farao Eagle-Owl ( Bubo ascalaphus )
• * Filippynse Adeluil ( Bubo philippensis )
• Kragtige Uil ( Ninox strenua )
• Puerto Rican Screech-Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
• Rajah Scops-Owl ( Otus brookii )
• Rooikoek Owlet ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
• * Rooierige Scops-Owl ( Otus rufescens )
• * Rinjani Scops-Uil ( Otus jolandae )
• Rock Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bengalensis )
• * Romblon Boobook ( Ninox spilonotus )
• Rufescent Screech-Owl ( Megascops ingens )
• * Rooibruin Visvanguil ( Scotopelia ussheri )
• Rooibruin Uil ( Ninox rufa )
• Rooibruin-Uil ( Ciccaba Albitarsis )
• Rufous-legged Owl ( Strix rufipes )
• * Rooibruinuil ( 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 )
• ** Seychelle Scops-Owl ( Otus insularis )
• * Shelley's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo Shelleyi )
• Oorkruid ( Asio flammeus )
• ** Siau Scops-Owl ( Otus siaoensis )
• * Simeulue Scops-Owl ( Otus umbra )
• Sjostedt's Owlet ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
• Sneeuuil ( Bubo scandiacus )
• Sokotra Scops-Owl ( Otus socotranus )
• ** Sokoke Scops-Owl ( Otus ireneae )
• Suidelike Boobook ( Ninox boobook )
• Suidelike Witgesig Uil ( Ptilopsis granti )
• Gevlekt Boobook ( Ninox punctulata )
• Spektakeluil ( Pulsatrix perspicillata )
• Gekoppelde Adeluil ( Bubo nipalensis )
• Gevlekte Adeluil ( Bubo africanus )
• * Gevlekte Uil ( Strix occidentalis )
• Gevlekte Owlet ( Athene brama )
• Gevlekte Houtuil ( Strix seloputo )
• Gestreepte Uil ( Asio Clamator )
• Stygiaanse Uil ( Asio stygius )
• Subtropiese Pygmy-Uil ( 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-Uil ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
• Tanimbar Boobook ( Ninox forbesi )
• Tasmaniese Boobook (Ninox Leucopsis)
• Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes )
• Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco )
• Tawny-Bellied Screech-Owl ( Megascops watsonii )
• Tawny-Browed Owl ( Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana )
• * Togiese Boobook ( Ninox Burhani )
• Tropiese Screech-Owl ( Megascops choliba )
• Tucuman Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium Tucumanum )
• Onbesaagde Saw-Whet Owl ( Aegolius ridgwayi )
• Uraluil ( 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 )
• Klitshaar ( Megascops trichopsis )
• Witblauwe Uil ( Athene superciliaris )
• * Wit-Fronted Scops-Owl ( Otus Sagittatus )
• Wit-Throated Screech-Owl ( Megascops albogularis )
• Yungas Pygmy-Uil ( Glaucidium bolivianum )
• Yungas Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )