After Olson, 1985, and Sibley & Monroe, 1990

<==o Strigidae (pöllöt) [Recent: 22 genera /164 species]
   |?-o †Ornimegalonyx (Kuubanjättipöllöt)
   |  |-- †O. oteroi
   |  `-- †O. sp.
   |?-o †Grallistrix (Stilt-owls)
   |  |-- †G. auceps (Kaua'i Stilt-owl)
   |  |-- †G. erdmani (Maui Stilt-owl)
   |  |-- †G. geleches (Moloka'i Stilt-owl)
   |  `-- †G. orion (O'ahu Stilt-owl)
   |--o Striginae
   |  |--+-- Otus (pöllöset)
   |  |  `-- Megascops Kaup, 1848 [Otus  Pennant, 1769, in partim] (Screech owls, kirkupöllöset)
   |  |-- Pyrroglaux podargina (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) Yamashina, 1938 [Otus podarginus] (palaunpöllönen)
   |  |--o Margarobyas lawrencii (PL Sclater & Salvin, 1868) Olson & Suarez, 2008 [Otus lawrencii] (kuubanpöllönen)
   |  |  |-- M. l. exsul (Bangs, 1913)
   |  |  `-- M. l. lawrencii (PL Sclater & Salvin, 1868)
   |  |--o Ptilopsis Kaup, 1848
   |  |  |-- P. leucotis (Temminck, 1820) [Otus leucotis] (valkonaamapöllönen)
   |  |  `-- P. erlangeri (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
   |  |-- Mimizuku gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879) Hachisuka, 1934 (pisarapöllönen)
   |  |-- Bubo Dumeril, 1805 [incl. Nyctea] (eagle owls; huuhkajat)
   |  |--o Ketupa (kalahuuhkajat)
   |  |  |-- K. blakistoni (äyriäishuuhkaja)
   |  |  |-- K. zeylonensis (kalahuuhkaja)
   |  |  |-- K. flavipes (vuorikalahuuhkaja)
   |  |  `-- K. ketupu (viirukalahuuhkaja)
   |  |--o Scotopelia (kalapöllöt)
   |  |  |-- S. peli (kalapöllö)
   |  |  |-- S. ussheri (ruskokalapöllö)
   |  |  `-- S. bouvieri (viirukalapöllö)
   |  |-- Strix Linnaeus, 1758 (Viirupöllöt)
   |  |-- Jubula lettii (Buttikofer, 1889) Bates, 1929 (takkupöllö)
   |  |--o Lophostrix cristata (Daudin, 1800) Lesson, 1836 (töyhtöpöllö)
   |  |  |-- L. c. cristata (Daudin, 1800)
   |  |  |-- L. c. stricklandi PL Sclater & Salvin, 1859
   |  |  `-- L. c. wedeli Griscom, 1932
   |  `--o Pulsatrix Kaup, 1848 (kultapöllöt)
   |     |--o P. perspicillata (Latham, 1790) (kultapöllö)
   |     |  |-- P. p. boliviana L Kelso, 1933
   |     |  |-- P. p. chapmani Griscom, 1932
   |     |  |-- P. p. perspicillata (Latham, 1790)
   |     |  |-- P. p. pulsatrix (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
   |     |  |-- P. p. saturata Ridgway, 1914
   |     |  `-- P. p. trinitatis Bangs & TE Penard, 1918
   |     |-- P. koeniswaldiana (M Bertoni & W Bertoni, 1901) (kultakulmapöllö)
   |     `--o P. melanota (Tschudi, 1844) (andienkultapöllö)
   |        |-- P. m. melanota (Tschudi, 1844)
   |        `-- P. m. philoscia Todd, 1947
   |--o Surniinae
   |  |--o Surnia ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) Dumeril, 1805 (hiiripöllö)
   |  |  |-- S. u. caparoch (Statius Muller, 1776)
   |  |  |-- S. u. tianschanica Smallbones, 1906
   |  |  `-- S. u. ulula (Linnaeus, 1758)
   |  |-- Glaucidium F Boie, 1826 (varpuspöllöt)
   |  |-- Xenoglaux loweryi O'Neill & GR Graves, 1977 (partapöllö)
   |  |--o Micrathene whitneyi (JG Cooper, 1861) Coues, 1866 (kaktuspöllö)
   |  |  |-- M. w. graysoni Ridgway, 1886
   |  |  |-- M. w. idonea (Ridgway, 1914)
   |  |  |-- M. w. sanfordi (Ridgway, 1914)
   |  |  `-- M. w. whitneyi (Cooper,JG, 1861)
   |  |-- Athene F Boie, 1822 [incl. Speotyto] (minervanpöllöt)
   |  |-- Heteroglaux blewitti Hume, 1873 [Athene blewitti] (hindustaninpöllö)
   |  |--o Aegolius Kaup, 1829 (helmipöllöt)
   |  |  |--o A. funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) (helmipöllö)
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. beickianus Stresemann 1928
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. caucasicus (Buturlin, 1907)
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. funereus (Linnaeus, 1758)
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. magnus (Buturlin, 1907)
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. pallens (Schalow, 1908)
   |  |  |  |-- A. f. richardsoni (Bonaparte, 1838)
   |  |  |  `-- A. f. sibiricus (Buturlin, 1910)
   |  |  |--o A. harrisii (Cassin, 1849) (keltahelmipöllö)
   |  |  |  |-- A. h. dabbenei Olrog, 1979
   |  |  |  |-- A. h. harrisii (Cassin, 1849)
   |  |  |  `-- A. h. iheringi (Sharpe, 1899)
   |  |  `--+--o A. acadicus (Gmelin, 1788) (amerikanhelmipöllö)
   |  |     |  |-- A. a. acadicus (Gmelin, 1788)
   |  |     |  `-- A. a. brooksi (JH Fleming, 1916 Auk 33 p.422)
   |  |     `--o A. ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905) (ruskohelmipöllö)
   |  |        |-- A. r. ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905)
   |  |        |-- A. r. rostratus (Griscom, 1930)
   |  |        `-- A. r. tacanensis RT Moore, 1947
   |  |-- Uroglaux dimorpha (Salvadori, 1874) Mayr, 1937 (papuanpöllö)
   |  |--o †Sceloglaux albifacies (GR Gray, 1844) Kaup, 1848 (Whekau; Laughing Owl, White-faced Owl; kirkupöllö) [extinct since 1916?]
   |  |  |-- †S. a. albifacies (GR Gray, 1844) (South Island Laughing Owl)
   |  |  `-- †S. a. rufifacies Buller, 1904 (North Island Laughing Owl)
   |  `--+?-o †Mascarenotus
   |     |  |-- †M. grucheti Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Moutou & Ribes, 1994 (Réunion Owl)
   |     |  |-- †M. murivorus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) [Strix murivora Milne-Edwards, 1873; Carine murivora Günther & E Newton, 1879; Bubo leguati Rothschild, 1907 Athene murivora Rothschild, 1907] (Rodrigues Owl, Leguat's Owl; rodriguesinpöllö) [extinct since 1730's?]
   |     |  `-- †M. sauzieri (Newton & Gadow, 1893) [Strix sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893; Scops commersoni Oustalet, 1896; Strix newtoni Rothschild, 1907; Tyto sauzieri Hachisuka, 1953; Tyto newtoni Hachisuka, 1953] (Mauritius Owl,  Commerson's Owl, Sauzier's Owl, Newton's Owl; mauritiuksenpöllö) [extinct since 1850's]
   |     `-- Ninox Hodgson, 1837 (haukkapöllöt)
   `--o Asioninae
      |--o Pseudoscops Kaup, 1848
      |  |-- P. grammicus (Gosse, 1847) (jamaikanpöllö)
      |  `--o P. clamator (Vieillot, 1808) [Asio clamator] (amerikansarvipöllö)
      |     |-- P. c. clamator (Vieillot, 1808)
      |     |-- P. c. forbesi  (Lowery & Dalquest, 1951)
      |     |-- P. c. midas  (Schlegel, 1862)
      |     `-- P. c. oberi  (EH Kelso, 1936)
      |-- Nesasio solomonensis (Hartert, 1901) JL Peters, 1937 (isojalkapöllö)
      `-- Asio Brisson, 1760 (sarvipöllöt)

Reference(s):

  • Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
    –Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
          Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
    –Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990
  • Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
    in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
    –Academic Press, New York. 1985.
  • Olson, S. L. & Hilgartner, W. B., 1982: Fossil and subfossil birds from the Bahamas. 22-57
    in Olson, S. L., (ed.), 1982: The Vertebrates from the Bahamas.
    –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 48, pp. iv-65
  • Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
    –Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.