Tyto furcata [incl. insularis or nigrescens] (American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens])

American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens]

Tyto furcata [incl. insularis or nigrescens] (= Tyto alba furcata) (Temminck, CJ 1827)

The American barn owl is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the western barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl, make up the barn owl, cosmopolitan in range. The barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The American barn owl is native to North and South America, and has been introduced to Hawaii. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto alba 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:
6B54759BD35CBE45

Avibase ID:
avibase-6B54759B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6B54759B

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
Tyto glaucops insularis: St. Vincent and Grenada and satellite islands (southern Lesser Antilles)
Tyto glaucops nigrescens: Dominica (Lesser Antilles)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens]
French:
Effraie d'Amérique [incl. insularis ou nigrescens]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens] ( Tyto furcata [incl. insularis or nigrescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens] ( Tyto furcata [incl. insularis or nigrescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): American Barn Owl [incl. insularis or nigrescens] ( Tyto furcata [incl. insularis or nigrescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [American] ( Tyto alba [furcata, bargei, punctatissima, insularis or nigrescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [American] ( Tyto alba [furcata, bargei, punctatissima, insularis or nigrescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [American] ( Tyto alba [furcata, bargei, punctatissima, insularis or nigrescens])
Clements, version 2024: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
eBird version 2024: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: American Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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