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Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis]

Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica] (= 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:
  3AD2D2A6886E98A1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3AD2D2A6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3AD2D2A6


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 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]: southern Canada to northern Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Hispaniola
  • Tyto furcata [guatemalae or subandeana]: western Guatemala to Panama including Pearl Islands, and Colombia
  • Tyto furcata bondi: Bay Islands off northern Honduras (Roatán and Guanaja)
  • Tyto furcata hellmayri: Isla Margarita (off Venezuela), Trinidad and Tobago, and the Guianas to northern Brazil
  • Tyto furcata contempta: western Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru
  • Tyto furcata [tuidara or zottae]: Brazil south of the Amazon River to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands
  • Tyto furcata bargei: Curaçao
  • Tyto furcata punctatissima: Galapagos
  • Tyto javanica javanica: Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas
  • Tyto javanica sumbaensis: Sumba (Lesser Sundas)
  • Tyto javanica delicatula: Timor to Australia, Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), and Samoa
  • Tyto javanica interposita: Reef, Nendö, and Vanikoro (Temotu, southeastern Solomon Islands), and Banks Islands to Efate (northern to central Vanuatu)
  • Tyto javanica meeki: eastern New Guinea, including Manam and Karkar islands
  • Tyto javanica stertens: Indian subcontinent to northern Sri Lanka, southwestern China, and southern Thailand
  • Tyto javanica crassirostris: Tanga Island, off New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
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English:
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis]
French:
Effraie des clochers, E. du Pacifique ou E. du Cap-Vert (excl. insularis)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl (excl. insularis) ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl (excl. insularis) ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl (excl. insularis) ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl (excl. insularis) ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis] ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Other synonyms

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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, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl (excl. insularis), Barn, Eastern Barn or Cape Verde Barn Owl [excl. insularis]
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, E. du Pacifique ou E. du Cap-Vert (excl. insularis)
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
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, javanica], Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta, excl. insularis], Tyto alba, Tyto alba alba
Luxembourgish: Tuermeil
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji peleda
Latvian: Plîvurpûce
Malagasy: Tararaka
Macedonian: Кукавија
Malayalam: വെള്ളി  മൂങ്ങ 
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 / coruja-das-torres
Portuguese (Brazil): coruja-da-igreja
Romansh: Tschuetta velada
Romanian: Striga
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: Chim Cú lợn lưng xám
Xhosa: Isikhova
Chinese: 仓鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 倉鴞
Zulu: isiKhova

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