Order Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls 1 Family †Protostrigidae Wetmore 2 Family Strigidae Vigors, 1825 - owls 3 Family Phodilidae Beddard - bay owls see Subfamily Phodilinae Beddard, 1898 4 Family Tytonidae Mathews, 1912 - barn owls