Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls
           Family Tytonidae Mathews, 1912 - barn owls
             Genus Tyto Billberg, 1828
               Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) - barn owl
               Tyto aurantia (Salvadori, 1881) - Bismarck masked-owl
               Tyto capensis (A. Smith, 1834) - African grass-owl
               Tyto inespectata (Schlegel, 1879) see Tyto inexspectata (Schlegel, 1879)
               Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) - eastern grass-owl see Tyto capensis longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)
               Tyto manusi Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 - Manus masked-owl
               Tyto multipunctata Mathews, 1912 - lesser sooty-owl
               Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann, 1939 - Taliabu masked-owl
               Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) - Australian masked-owl
               Tyto rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) - Sulawesi owl
               Tyto sororcula (P.L. Sclater, 1883) - lesser masked-owl
               Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, in A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) - Madagascar red owl
               Tyto tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) - greater sooty-owl