Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] (Western Barn Owl (Eurasian))

Western Barn Owl (Eurasian)

Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] (= Tyto alba alba) (Scopoli, GA 1769)

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto alba 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:
6A66360809D7E5D4

Avibase ID:
avibase-6A663608

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6A663608

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177853

English:
Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri]
Afrikaans:
Nonnetjie-uil (Eurasiese)
Arabic:
بومة المخازن (اوراسية) (مجموعة)
Azerbaijani:
Adi alabayquş [alba qrupu]
Bulgarian:
Забулена сова [Група alba]
Catalan:
Òliba comuna [grup alba]
Czech:
sova pálená [skupina alba]
Danish:
Slørugle, Europæisk [Alba gruppe]
German:
Schleiereule [alba-Gruppe]
Greek:
Τυτώ [alba]
Spanish:
Lechuza Común (euroasiática)
Spanish (Spain):
Lechuza común (euroasiática)
Basque:
Hontz zuria [alba taldekoa]
Persian:
جغد انبار [alba Group]
Finnish:
tornipöllö [alalaji alba]
French:
Effraie des clochers [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri]
Hebrew:
תנשמת לבנה (מערבית)
Croatian:
Euroazijska kukuvija
Hungarian:
Gyöngybagoly (Eurázsiai)
Indonesian:
Serak jawa (grup alba)
Icelandic:
Turnugla [alba hópur]
Italian:
Barbagianni [gruppo alba]
Japanese:
メンフクロウ（alba グループ）
Lithuanian:
Liepsnotoji pelėda [alba grupė]
Latvian:
Plīvurpūce (alba gr.)
Dutch:
Kerkuil (Euraziatisch)
Norwegian:
tårnugle (alba gr.)
Polish:
płomykówka [gr. alba]
Portuguese (Brazil):
suindara [grupo alba]
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-das-torres [grupo alba]
Romanian:
Strigă (grupul alba)
Russian:
Сипуха [группа alba]
Slovak:
plamienka driemavá (skup.)
Slovenian:
Pegasta sova [alba]
Serbian:
Kukuvija [alba grupa]
Swedish:
tornuggla [gruppen alba]
Thai:
นกแสก (ยูเรเชีย)
Turkish:
Peçeli Baykuş [alba grubu]
Ukrainian:
Сипуха [група alba]
Chinese:
仓鸮（欧亚）

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] ( Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] ( Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] ( Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri] ( Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri])
eBird version 2021: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 8]
eBird version 2022: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 8]
eBird version 2023: Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 8]
eBird version 2024: Western Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group]) [version 6]
eBird version 2025: Western Barn Owl (Eurasian) ( Tyto alba [alba Group])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyto alba [alba, excl. stertens]

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Nonnetjie-uil (Eurasiese)
Arabic: بومة المخازن (اوراسية) (مجموعة)
Asturian: Curuxa común [triba alba]
Azerbaijani: Adi alabayquş [alba qrupu]
Bulgarian: Забулена сова [Група alba]
Catalan: Òliba comuna [grup alba]
Czech: sova pálená [skupina alba]
Danish: Slørugle, Europæisk [Alba gruppe]
German: Schleiereule [alba-Gruppe]
Greek: Τυτώ [alba]
English: Barn Owl (Eurasian), Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri], Western Barn Owl (Eurasian), Western Barn Owl [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri]
English, HBW: Common Barn-owl (Eurasian)
English (India): Western Barn Owl
English (IOC): Western Barn Owl (Eurasian)
English (United States): Barn Owl (Eurasian)
Spanish: Lechuza Común (euroasiática)
Spanish (Argentine): Lechuza de Campanario [grupo alba]
Spanish (Chile): Lechuza [grupo alba]
Spanish (Costa Rica): Lechuza Ratonera [grupo alba]
Spanish (Cuba): Lechuza [grupo alba]
Spanish (Ecuador): Lechuza Campanaria [Grupo alba]
Spanish (Spain): Lechuza común (euroasiática)
Spanish (Mexico): Lechuza de Campanario (grupo alba)
Spanish (Panama): Lechuza Común [grupo alba]
Spanish (Peru): Lechuza de Campanario [grupo alba]
Spanish (Paraguay): Lechuza de campanario [grupo alba]
Spanish (Uruguay): Lechuza de Campanario [Grupo alba]
Basque: Hontz zuria [alba taldekoa]
Persian: جغد انبار [alba Group]
Finnish: tornipöllö [alalaji alba]
French: Effraie des clochers [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri]
Galician: Curuxa común [grupo alba]
Hebrew: תנשמת לבנה (מערבית)
Croatian: Euroazijska kukuvija
Hungarian: Gyöngybagoly (Eurázsiai)
Icelandic: Turnugla [alba hópur]
Italian: Barbagianni [gruppo alba]
Japanese: メンフクロウ（alba グループ）
Scientific: Strix flammea vulgaris, Tyto alba [alba Group], Tyto alba [alba, guttata, ernesti, erlangeri], Tyto alba alba
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji pelėda [alba grupė]
Latvian: Plīvurpūce (alba gr.)
Dutch: Kerkuil (Euraziatisch)
Norwegian: tårnugle (alba gr.)
Polish: płomykówka [gr. alba]
Portuguese (Brazil): suindara [grupo alba]
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-das-torres [grupo alba]
Russian: Сипуха [группа alba]
Slovak: plamienka driemavá (skup.)
Slovenian: Pegasta sova [alba]
Serbian: Kukuvija [alba grupa]
Swedish: tornuggla [gruppen alba]
Thai: นกแสก (ยูเรเชีย)
Turkish: Peçeli Baykuş [alba grubu]
Ukrainian: Сипуха [група alba]
Chinese: 仓鸮（欧亚）