原鴞屬（屬名：），是一種生存於古新世中期的鴞形目鳥類，也是已知最早的鴞（貓頭鷹）。化石發現於美國科羅拉多州拉普拉塔的聖胡安河附近。
參考來源
*Rich, Patricia Vickers & David J. Bohaska, 1981. The Ogygoptyngidae, a New Family of Owls from the Paleocene of North America. Alcheringa 5: 95-102. ([http://nrm.museum/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Rich%20&%20Bohaska%201981.pdf PDF])
*Sankar Chatterjee. The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, Pg.251.
*James R. Duncan. Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival, Pg.72.
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