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American Barn Owl

Tyto furcata (Temminck, CJ 1827)




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto furcata


Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1827)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.73 pl.432

Protonym:
  Strix furcata

Type locality:
  Cuba.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4D5908082866B818

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4D590808

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4D590808


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 1063228

Geographic range:

  • 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
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English:
American Barn Owl
French:
Effraie d'Amérique


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
American Barn-Owl ( Tyto furcata)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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English: American Barn Owl, American Barn-Owl
French: Effraie d'Amérique, Effraie des clochers (furcata)
Scientific: Tyto furcata

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