Tyto javanica (Eastern Barn Owl)

Eastern Barn Owl

Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The eastern barn owl is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia and Australasia. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto javanica

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Strix javanica

Type locality:
Java.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/307/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
9E668317A0504D2B

Avibase ID:
avibase-9E668317

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9E668317

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 1063229

English:
Eastern Barn Owl
Afrikaans:
Oostelike Nonnetjie-uil
Azerbaijani:
Şərq alabayquşu
Bulgarian:
Ориенталска забулена сова
Bengali:
লক্ষী পেঁচা
Catalan:
òliba comuna oriental
Czech:
sova východní
Danish:
Australsk Slørugle
German:
Australschleiereule
Greek:
Ινδομαλαισιακή Τυτώ
Esperanto:
orienta turstrigo
Spanish:
Lechuza Común Oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Lechuza común oriental
Estonian:
kagu-loorkakk
Basque:
Ekialdeko hontz zuria
Finnish:
vaaleatornipöllö
French:
Effraie orientale
Hebrew:
תנשמת מזרחית
Indonesian:
Serak jawa
Japanese:
オーストラリアメンフクロウ
Nepali:
गोठे लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch:
Oostelijke Kerkuil
Norwegian:
rotteslørugle
Polish:
płomykówa nadobna
Portuguese:
coruja-das-torres-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-das-torres-oriental
Slovak:
plamienka perlavá
Slovenian:
Vzhodna pegasta sova
Serbian:
Istočna kukuvija
Swedish:
östlig tornuggla
Thai:
นกแสก
Turkish:
Doğu Peçeli Baykuşu
Ukrainian:
сипуха південна
Chinese:
仓鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
東方倉鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eastern Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto javanica [incl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eastern Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto javanica [incl. stertens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eastern Barn Owl [incl. stertens] ( Tyto javanica [incl. stertens])
Avilist 2025: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
Clements, version 2025: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica)
eBird version 2024: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
eBird version 2025: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Tyto [alba or javanica] (taxon group)

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