Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula] (Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])

Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula]

Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula] (= Tyto alba) (Scopoli, GA 1769)

The barn owl is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere in the world except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific Islands. It is also known as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from the other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto 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:
285598E21D0161E3

Avibase ID:
avibase-285598E2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/285598E2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177851

Geographic range:

Tyto alba alba: W and s Europe; w Canary Islands and North Africa
Tyto alba guttata: Central Europe east to sw European USSR and ne Greece
Tyto alba ernesti: Corsica and Sardinia
Tyto alba erlangeri: Crete and Cyprus to sw Iran, ne Egypt and s Arabian Peninsula
Tyto alba schmitzi: Madeira and Porto Santo I.
Tyto alba gracilirostris: E Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Alegranza)
Tyto alba [poensis, affinis or hypermetra]: Sub-Saharan Africa (including Bioko, Zanzibar, and Pemba), the Comoro Islands, and Madagascar
Tyto alba thomensis: São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)
Tyto alba detorta: Cape Verde Islands
Tyto furcata [furcata or niveicauda]: Cuba, Cayman Islands and Jamaica
Tyto furcata [pratincola or lucayana]: S Canada to n Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas and Hispaniola
Tyto furcata [guatemalae or subandeana]: W Guatemala to Panama, Pearl Islands and Colombia
Tyto furcata bondi: Bay Islands off n Honduras (Roatán and Guanaja)
Tyto furcata hellmayri: Guianas to n Brazil, Margarita I., Trinidad and Tobago
Tyto furcata contempta: W Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru
Tyto furcata [tuidara or zottae]: Brazil s of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
Tyto furcata bargei: Curaçao
Tyto furcata punctatissima: Galapagos Islands
Tyto javanica javanica: Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas
Tyto javanica stertens: Indian subcontinent to n Sri Lanka, sw China and s Thailand
Tyto glaucops insularis: St. Vincent, Bequia, Union, Carriacou and Grenada
Tyto glaucops nigrescens: Dominica (Lesser Antilles)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula]
French:
Effraie des clochers (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula])
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Common Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Common Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Western Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 7]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tyto alba [version 7]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica, deroepstorffi or glaucops]

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Afrikaans: Nonnetjie-uil
Arabic: الهامة
Asturian: Curuxa
Belarusian: Сіпуха
Bulgarian: Забулена сова
Bengali: লক্ষ্মী প্যাঁচা
Breton: Ar gaouenn wenn
Catalan: Òliba
Catalan (Balears): Òliba
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): chawan
Czech: sova pálená
Welsh: Tylluan wen
Danish: Slørugle
German: Schleiereule
Greek: Ανθρωποπούλλι
Greek (Cypriot): Ανθρωποπούλλι
English: Barn owl, Barn Owl (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula), Barn Owl [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula], Common Barn Owl, Western Barn Owl
Esperanto: turstrigo
Spanish: Lechuza común
Spanish (Argentine): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Bolivia): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Chile): Lechuza
Spanish (Colombia): Lechuza Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Lechuza ratonera
Spanish (Cuba): Lechuza
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Lechuza Blanca
Spanish (Honduras): Lechuza
Spanish (Mexico): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Peru): Lechuza de Campanario
Spanish (Paraguay): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Uruguay): Lechuza de Campanario
Spanish (Venezuela): Lechuza de Campanario
Estonian: loorkakk
Basque: Hontza zuria
Persian: جغد انبار
Finnish: tornipöllö
Faroese: Hjartaugla
French: Effraie des clochers, Effraie des clochers (incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula)
Frisian: goudûle
Irish: Scréachóg Reilige
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche Gheal
Galician: Curuxa
Guarani: Suinda
Manx: Screeaghag Oie
Haitian Creole French: Frize
Hebrew: תנשמת
Hindi: Chavu kuruvi
Croatian: Kukuvija
Hungarian: gyöngybagoly
Indonesian: Burung Serak Jawa
Icelandic: Turnugla
Italian: Barbagianni, Barbagianni occidentale
Japanese (romaji): men-fukurō
Japanese: メンフクロウ
Japanese (Kanji): 面梟
Georgian: ბუხრინწა
Cornish: Ula gwyn
Kwangali: Suunsu
Scientific: Strix alba, Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula], Tyto alba, Tyto alba [incl. javanica, detorta, excl. delicatula], Tyto alba alba
Luxembourgish: Tuermeil
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji peleda, paprastoji liepsnotoji pelėda, Paprastoji liepsnuotoji pelėda
Latvian: Plîvurpûce, plīvurpūce
Malagasy: Tararaka
Macedonian: Кукавија, кукувија
Malayalam: വെള്ളി മൂങ്ങ
Malay: Burung Jampok Kubur, Burung Jampuk Putih, Burung Pungguk Jelapang
Maltese: Barbaġann
Nepali: गोठे लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch: Kerkuil
Norwegian: Tårnugle
Sotho, Northern: Leribisi
Polish: plomykówka, płomykówka (zwyczajna)
Pinyin: cāng-xiāo
Portuguese: coruja-da-igreja / coruja-das-torres
Portuguese (Brazil): Coruja-da-igreja
Romansh: Tschuetta velada
Romanian: Striga
Russian: Сипуха
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Atu Wesbassa
Slovak: plamienka driemavá
Slovenian: Pegasta sova
Shona: Zizi
Albanian: Kukuvajka mjekëroshe
Serbian: kukuvija obična
Sotho, Southern: Sephooko
Swedish: tornuggla
Swahili: Bundi Babawatoto
Tamil: Koogai Andhai
Thai: นกแสก
Thai (Transliteration): nók sàeek
Turkmen: peçeli baykuş
Tswana: Lerubise
Turkish: Peçeli Baykuş
Tsonga: Xinkhovha
Ukrainian: Сипуха
Vietnamese: Chim Cú lợn, Chim Cú lợn lưng xám
Xhosa: Isikhova
Chinese: 仓鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 倉鴞
Zulu: isiKhova