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

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Western Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens]

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

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 ID:
0EE9C2ABBA2777B2

Avibase ID:
avibase-0EE9C2AB

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0EE9C2AB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177853

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

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba, excl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba, excl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [alba, excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [alba, excl. stertens])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyto alba

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