Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta] (Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens])

Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens]

Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta] (= Tyto alba alba) (Scopoli, GA 1769)

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto alba alba

Original description

Citation:
(Scopoli, GA 1769)

Reference:
Annus I Hist.-Nat.

Protonym:
Strix alba

Type locality:
'Ex Foro Juli' = Friuli, Italy.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117670#page/25/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
03A2C37FB9EC5272

Avibase ID:
avibase-03A2C37F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/03A2C37F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177851

Geographic range:

Tyto alba alba: western and southern Europe; western Canary Islands, and North Africa
Tyto alba guttata: central Europe eastward to Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and southeastward to Albania, Macedonia, Romania, and northeastern Greece
Tyto alba ernesti: Corsica and Sardinia
Tyto alba erlangeri: Crete and Cyprus to southwestern Iran, northeastern Egypt, and southern Arabian Peninsula
Tyto alba schmitzi: Madeira and Porto Santo islands (Madeira Archipelago)
Tyto alba gracilirostris: eastern Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and Alegranza)
Tyto alba [poensis, affinis or hypermetra]: sub-Saharan Africa (including Bioko, Zanzibar, and Pemba), Comoros, and Madagascar
Tyto javanica stertens: Indian subcontinent to northern Sri Lanka, southwestern China, and southern Thailand
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens]
French:
Effraie des clochers [alba]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [Eurasian] ( Tyto alba [alba])
eBird version 2016: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. stertens, insularis, excl. detorta]

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Afrikaans: Nonnetjie-uil (Eurasiese)
Arabic: بومة المخازن (اوراسية) (مجموعة)
Asturian: Curuxa común [triba alba]
Azerbaijani: Adi alabayquş [alba qrupu]
Bulgarian: Забулена сова (Група alba), Забулена сова [Група alba]
Catalan: Òliba, Òliba comuna [grup alba]
Czech: sova pálená [skupina alba], sova pálená středomořská
Danish: Slørugle (Hvidbrystet), Slørugle, Europæisk [Alba gruppe]
German: Europäische Schleiereule, Schleiereule [alba Gruppe], Schleiereule [alba-Gruppe]
Greek: Τυτώ [alba ομάδα]
English: Barn Owl (Eurasian), Barn Owl [Eurasian], Western Barn Owl [incl. stertens]
English, HBW: Common Barn-owl (Eurasian)
English (India): Western Barn Owl
English (IOC): Western Barn Owl (Eurasian)
English (United States): Barn Owl (Eurasian)
Spanish: Lechuza común, Lechuza Común (Euroasiático), Lechuza de Campanario (grupo alba)
Spanish (Chile): Lechuza [grupo alba]
Spanish (Costa Rica): Lechuza Ratonera (grupo alba)
Spanish (Ecuador): Lechuza Campanaria [Grupo alba]
Spanish (Spain): Lechuza común (Euroasiático), Lechuza Común [Grupo alba]
Spanish (HBW): Barn Owl (Eurasian)
Spanish (Mexico): Lechuza de Campanario (grupo alba)
Spanish (Peru): Lechuza de Campanario [grupo alba]
Spanish (Paraguay): Lechuza de campanario [grupo alba]
Spanish (Uruguay): Lechuza de Campanario [Grupo alba]
Basque: Hontz zuria [alba taldekoa]
Persian: جغد انبار [alba Group]
Finnish: tornipöllö (alalaji alba), tornipöllö [alalaji alba]
French: Effraie des clochers (Eurasie), Effraie des clochers (forme d'Eurasie), Effraie des clochers [alba]
Galician: Curuxa común [grupo alba]
Hebrew: תנשמת לבנה (מערבית)
Croatian: Euroazijska kukuvija
Hungarian: Gyöngybagoly (Eurázsiai)
Icelandic: Turnugla [alba hópur]
Italian: Barbagianni [gruppo alba], Barbagianni europeo
Japanese (romaji): menfukurou (alba guru-pu)
Japanese: メンフクロウ (alba グループ)
Scientific: Strix alba, Tyto alba [alba Group], Tyto alba [alba], Tyto alba [incl. stertens, excl. detorta], Tyto alba alba
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji pelėda [alba grupė]
Latvian: Plīvurpūce (alba gr.)
Dutch: Kerkuil (Euraziatisch)
Norwegian: tårnugle (alba gr.), Tårnugle, underarten alba
Polish: płomykówka (gr. alba), płomykówka [gr. alba]
Portuguese (Brazil): suindara [grupo alba]
Portuguese (Portugal): Coruja-das-torres [grupo alba]
Russian: Сипуха, Сипуха [группа alba]
Slovak: plamienka bieloprsá, plamienka driemavá (skup.)
Slovenian: Pegasta sova [alba]
Serbian: Kukuvija [alba grupa]
Swedish: tornuggla ([alba Group]), tornuggla [gruppen alba]
Thai: นกแสก (alba), นกแสก (ยูเรเชีย)
Turkish: Peçeli Baykuş [alba Grubu]
Ukrainian: Сипуха [група alba]
Chinese: 仓鸮（欧亚）
Chinese (Traditional): 仓鸮（欧亚）