Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]
Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula] (= 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
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/item/97453#page/25/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
7B124318D28E2222
Avibase ID:
avibase-7B124318
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7B124318
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177851
Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]
French:
Effraie des clochers (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Barn Owl (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula) ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula] ( Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. delicatula]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
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 Owl, Barn Owl (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula), Barn Owl [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula]
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 (incl. javanica, excl. delicatula)
Frisian: goudûle
Irish: Scréachóg Reilige
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche Gheal
Galician: Curuxa
Guarani: Suinda
Manx: Screeaghag Oie
Hebrew: תנשמת
Hindi: Chavu kuruvi
Croatian: Kukuvija
Haitian Creole: Frize
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 or javanica, incl. insularis, excl. detorta, delicatula], Tyto alba, Tyto alba [incl. javanica, excl. delicatula], 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
Romanian: Striga
Romance (Other): Tschuetta velada
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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