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

Barn Owl [excl. stertens]

Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta] (= 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/item/97453#page/25/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
298E602033E07188

Avibase ID:
avibase-298E6020

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/298E6020

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177851

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

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto [alba or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [excl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [excl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [excl. stertens] ( Tyto alba [excl. stertens])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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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 [excl. stertens]
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 [excl. stertens]
Frisian: goudûle
Irish: Scréachóg Reilige
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche Gheal
Galician: Curuxa
Guarani: Suinda
Manx: Screeaghag Oie
Hebrew: תנשמת
Hindi: Chavu kuruvi
Croatian: Kukuvija
Haitian Creole: Frize
Hungarian: Gyöngybagoly
Indonesian: Serak Jawa
Icelandic: Turnugla
Italian: Barbagianni
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 or furcata, incl. insularis, excl. detorta], Tyto alba, Tyto alba [excl. stertens], Tyto alba alba
Luxembourgish: Tuermeil
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji peleda
Latvian: Plîvurpûce
Malagasy: Tararaka
Macedonian: кукувија
Malayalam: വെള്ളി മൂങ്ങ
Moldavian: Strigă
Malay: Burung Jampok Kubur
Maltese: Barbaġann
Nepali: गोठे लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch: Kerkuil
Norwegian: Tårnugle
Sotho, Northern: Leribisi
Polish: płomykówka (zwyczajna)
Pinyin: cāng-xiāo
Portuguese: coruja-da-igreja
Portuguese (Brazil): coruja-da-igreja
Rhaeto-Romance: Tschuetta velada
Romanian: Striga
Romance (Other): Tschuetta velada
Russian: Сипуха
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: Cú lợn lưng xám
Xhosa: Isikhova
Chinese: 仓鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 倉鴞
Zulu: isiKhova