Tyto furcata (American Barn Owl)

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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, vol.2 pl.432

Protonym:
Strix furcata

Type locality:
Cuba.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109469#page/67/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
4D5908082866B818

Avibase ID:
avibase-4D590808

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 1063228

English:
American Barn Owl
Czech:
sova americká
Danish:
Cubansk Slørugle
German:
Amerikaschleiereule
Esperanto:
amerika turstrigo
French:
Effraie d'Amérique
Japanese:
アメリカメンフクロウ
Dutch:
Amerikaanse Kerkuil
Norwegian:
amerikatårnugle
Polish:
płomykówka amerykańska
Portuguese:
coruja-da-igreja
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-da-igreja
Slovak:
plamienka americká
Swedish:
amerikansk tornuggla
Ukrainian:
сипуха американська
Chinese:
美洲仓鸮

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th 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]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata)
Avilist 2025: 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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): American Barn-Owl ( Tyto furcata)
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): 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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