Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 [Order] Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls Family Tytonidae Mathews, 1912 - barn owls Subfamily Tytoninae Mathews, 1912 [monotypic] Genus Tyto Billberg, 1828 Tyto capensis (A. Smith, 1834) - African grass-owl Tyto capensis chinensis Hartert, 1929