草鸮属（学名：Tyto），是鸟纲鸮形目草鸮科中的一个属。

全身羽色大致呈棕色或褐色，通常腹部羽色明显较浅（一些种类甚至有斑点）。面盆明显呈心形，面盆羽毛沿鸟喙而上隆起生长（在中国一带的草鸮属鸟类由于脸与猴子的脸很相像，因此常被当地居民称做「猴面鹰」或「猴子鹰」）。脚爪与翅膀细长，中心脚爪内侧边缘有梳状构造，附蹠背面硬毛往上发展。

The genus Tyto includes all barn owls (family Tytonidae) except for the bay owls (subfamily Phodilinae, genus Phodilus) – that is, the true barn owls, the grass owls and the masked owls collectively making up the subfamily Tytoninae. They are darker on the back than the front, usually an orange-brown colour, the front being a paler version of the back or mottled, although there is considerable variation even amongst species. Tyto owls have a divided, heart-shaped facial disc, and lack the ear-like tufts of feathers found in many other owls. Tyto owls tend to be larger than Bay-owls. The name tyto (τυτώ) is onomatopeic Greek for owl.