Family Tytonidae Ridgway 1914 (barn owl)
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Bradycnemidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Protostrigidae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae
Subtaxa: Phodilinae, Prosybris, Tyto, Tytoninae
Type: Tyto
Ecology: volant carnivore