Editing Strigidae (section)

===[[Fossil]] record===
* ''[[Mioglaux]]'' (Late Oligocene? – Early Miocene of WC Europe) – includes ''"Bubo" poirreiri''<!-- RevPaleóbiol5:197 -->
* ''[[Intulula]]'' (Early/Middle Miocene of WC Europe) – includes ''"Strix/Ninox" brevis''<!-- PaleontogrItal89:3; Olson 1985:131 -->
* ''[[Yarquen]]'' (Middle Miocene of Argentina)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tambussi |first1=Claudia P. |last2=Degrange |first2=Federico J. |last3=González Ruiz |first3=Laureano |date=2023-03-06 |title=An extinct owl (aves: strigidae) from the middle miocene of Patagonia |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2180738 |journal=Historical Biology |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=644–649 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2180738 |s2cid=257392373 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
* ''[[Alasio]]'' (Middle Miocene of Vieux-Collonges, France) – includes ''"Strix" collongensis''<!-- Olson1985:131 -->

The fossil database for Strigiformes is highly diverse and shows an origin from ~60MYA into the Pleistocene. The maximum age range for the Strigiformes clade extends to 68.6MYA.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kurochkin |first1=E.N. |last2=Dyke |first2=G.J. |title=The first fossil owls (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Paleogene of Asia and a review of the fossil record of Strigiformes |journal=Paleontological Journal |date=2011 |volume=4 |issue=45 |pages=445–458 |doi=10.1134/s003103011104006x|bibcode=2011PalJ...45..445K |s2cid=84397725 }}</ref>

'''Placement unresolved:'''
*''"Otus/Strix" wintershofensis'' – [[fossil]] (Early/Middle Miocene of Wintershof West, Germany) – may be close to extant genus ''Ninox''<ref>Olson, p. 131</ref>
* ''"Strix" edwardsi'' – [[fossil]] (Middle Miocene of Grive-Saint-Alban, France)
* ''"Asio" pygmaeus'' – [[fossil]] (Early Pliocene of [[Odesa]], Ukraine)
* Strigidae gen. et sp. indet. UMMP V31030 (Rexroad Late Pliocene of Kansas, USA) – ''Strix''/''Bubo''?<ref name=Feduccia/>
*[[Ibiza owl]], Strigidae gen. et sp. indet. – [[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]] (Late Pleistocene/Holocene of Es Pouàs, Ibiza)<ref name=Marco/>

The supposed fossil [[heron]] ''"Ardea" lignitum'' (Late Pliocene of Germany) was apparently a strigid owl, possibly close to ''Bubo''.<ref>Olson, p. 167</ref> The Early–Middle [[Eocene]] genus ''[[Palaeoglaux]]'' from west-central Europe is sometimes placed here, but given its age, it is probably better considered its own family for the time being.