Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis] (Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl)

Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl

Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis] (= 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

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Scopoli, GA 1769)

Reference:
Annus I Hist.-Nat.

Protonym:
Strix alba

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117670#page/25/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FEE35F4C60D1BBD3

Avibase ID:
avibase-FEE35F4C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FEE35F4C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177851

Geographic range:

Tyto alba alba: W and s Europe; w Canary Islands and North Africa
Tyto alba guttata: Central Europe east to sw European USSR and ne Greece
Tyto alba ernesti: Corsica and Sardinia
Tyto alba erlangeri: Crete and Cyprus to sw Iran, ne Egypt and s Arabian Peninsula
Tyto alba schmitzi: Madeira and Porto Santo I.
Tyto alba gracilirostris: E Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Alegranza)
Tyto alba [poensis, affinis or hypermetra]: Sub-Saharan Africa (including Bioko, Zanzibar, and Pemba), the Comoro Islands, and Madagascar
Tyto alba thomensis: São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)
Tyto alba detorta: Cape Verde Islands
Tyto furcata [furcata or niveicauda]: Cuba, Cayman Islands and Jamaica
Tyto furcata [pratincola or lucayana]: S Canada to n Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas and Hispaniola
Tyto furcata [guatemalae or subandeana]: W Guatemala to Panama, Pearl Islands and Colombia
Tyto furcata bondi: Bay Islands off n Honduras (Roatán and Guanaja)
Tyto furcata hellmayri: Guianas to n Brazil, Margarita I., Trinidad and Tobago
Tyto furcata contempta: W Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru
Tyto furcata [tuidara or zottae]: Brazil s of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
Tyto furcata bargei: Curaçao
Tyto furcata punctatissima: Galapagos Islands
Tyto javanica javanica: Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas
Tyto javanica sumbaensis: Sumba (Lesser Sundas)
Tyto javanica delicatula: Timor to Australia, Solomon Is., Loyalty Is., and Samoa
Tyto javanica interposita: N Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands and Banks Group
Tyto javanica meeki: E New Guinea, Manam and Karkar islands
Tyto javanica stertens: Indian subcontinent to n Sri Lanka, sw China and s Thailand
Tyto javanica crassirostris: Tanga I. (Bismarck Archipelago)
Tyto glaucops insularis: St. Vincent, Bequia, Union, Carriacou and Grenada
Tyto glaucops nigrescens: Dominica (Lesser Antilles)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl
French:
Effraie des clochers, E. du Pacifique ou E. du Cap-Vert

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, furcata or javanica, incl. insularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl ( Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta])
Clements, version 2021: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2017: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2018: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]
eBird version 1.55: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]
eBird version 2015: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]
eBird version 2016: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]
eBird version 2022: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]
eBird version 2023: Barn Owl ( Tyto alba) [version 8]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyto [alba, furcata, javanica or deroepstorffi, incl. insularis]

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Afrikaans: Nonnetjie-uil
Arabic: الهامة, بومة المخازن
Asturian: Curuxa, Curuxa común
Azerbaijani: Adi alabayquş
Belarusian: Сіпуха
Bulgarian: Забулена сова
Bengali: লক্ষ্মী প্যাঁচা
Breton: Ar gaouenn wenn
Catalan: Òliba, Òliba comuna
Catalan (Balears): Òliba
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): chawan
Czech: Sova pálená
Welsh: Tylluan wen
Danish: Slørugle
German: Schleiereule
Greek: Ανθρωποπούλλι, Τυτώ
Greek (Cypriot): Ανθρωποπούλλι
English: Barn Owl, Barn, Eastern Barn, or Cape Verde Barn Owl
English, HBW: Common Barn-owl
English (IOC): Western/American/Eastern Barn Owl
English (Kenya): Barn Owl
English (United States): Barn Owl
Esperanto: turstrigo
Spanish: Lechuza Común, Lechuza de Campanario
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 (Ecuador): Lechuza Campanaria
Spanish (Spain): Lechuza Común
Spanish (HBW): Lechuza común
Spanish (Honduras): Lechuza
Spanish (Mexico): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Panama): Lechuza Común
Spanish (Peru): Lechuza de Campanario
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Lechuza
Spanish (Paraguay): Lechuza de campanario
Spanish (Uruguay): Lechuza de Campanario
Spanish (Venezuela): Lechuza de Campanario
Estonian: Loorkakk
Basque: Hontz zuria, Hontza zuria
Persian: جغد انبار
Finnish: tornipöllö
Faroese: Hjartaugla
French: Effraie des clochers, Effraie des clochers, E. du Pacifique ou E. du Cap-Vert
Frisian: goudûle
Irish: Scréachóg Reilige
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche Gheal
Galician: Curuxa, Curuxa común
Guarani: Suinda
Manx: Screeaghag Oie
Haitian Creole French: Frize
Hebrew: תנשמת, תנשמת לבנה
Hindi: Chavu kuruvi
Croatian: Kukuvija
Hungarian: Gyöngybagoly
Indonesian: Burung Serak Jawa, Serak Jawa
Icelandic: Turnugla
Italian: Barbagianni
Japanese (romaji): men-fukurō, menfukurou
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], Tyto [alba, javanica or detorta], Tyto alba, Tyto alba alba
Luxembourgish: Tuermeil
Lithuanian: Liepsnotoji peleda, Liepsnotoji pelėda
Latvian: Plîvurpûce, Plīvurpūce
Malagasy: Tararaka
Macedonian: Кукавија
Malayalam: വെള്ളി മൂങ്ങ , വെള്ളിമൂങ്ങ
Marathi: गव्हाणी घुबड
Malay: Burung Jampok Kubur, Burung Jampuk Putih, Burung Pungguk Jelapang
Maltese: Barbaġann
Nepali: गोठे लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch: Kerkuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tårnugle
Norwegian: Tårnugle
Sotho, Northern: Leribisi
Polish: plomykówka, płomykówka, płomykówka (zwyczajna)
Pinyin: cāng-xiāo
Portuguese: coruja-da-igreja / coruja-das-torres
Portuguese (Brazil): Coruja-da-igreja, suindara
Portuguese (Portugal): Coruja-das-torres
Romansh: Tschuetta velada
Romanian: Striga, Strigă
Russian: Сипуха
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Atu Wesbassa
Slovak: plamienka driemavá
Slovenian: Pegasta sova
Shona: Zizi
Albanian: Kukuvajka mjekëroshe
Serbian: Kukuvija, kukuvija obična
Sotho, Southern: Sephooko
Swedish: orienttornuggla/amerikansk tornuggla/tornuggla, orienttornuggla/tornuggla, 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, Chim Cú lợn lưng xám
Xhosa: Isikhova
Chinese: 仓鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 倉鴞
Zulu: isiKhova