Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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Other related concepts

• Tyto [alba or javanica] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Nonnetjie-uil
Arabic: الهامة, بومة المخازن
[AS]: লক্ষী ফেঁচা
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
French (Guyane): Effraie des clochers
Frisian: goudûle
Irish: Scréachóg Reilige
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche Gheal
Galician: Curuxa, Curuxa común
Guarani: Suinda
Manx: Screeaghag Oie
Hebrew: תנשמת, תנשמת לבנה
Hindi: Chavu kuruvi
Croatian: Kukuvija
Haitian Creole: Frize
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
Moldavian: Strigă
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
[PTAO]: Coruja-das-torres
Portuguese (Brazil): Coruja-da-igreja, suindara
Portuguese (Portugal): Coruja-das-torres
Rhaeto-Romance: Tschuetta velada
Romanian: Striga, Strigă
Romance (Other): Tschuetta velada
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