Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba - Effraie des clochers Chouette effraie
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Tytonidés
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Genus:
Tyto
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Species:
alba
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 44 cm
- Wingspan: 85 à 93 cm.
- Weight:
Longevity
13 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is a species of bird in the Tytonidae family.
Subspecific information 10 subspecies
- Tyto alba alba (nw Africa, w and s Europe to the Balkans)
- Tyto alba guttata (c Europe and e Balkans to the Ukraine)
- Tyto alba ernesti (Corsica and Sardinia)
- Tyto alba erlangeri (Crete and Cyprus through the Middle East to s Iran)
- Tyto alba schmitzi (Madeira)
- Tyto alba gracilirostris (e Canary Is.)
- Tyto alba detorta (Cape Verde Is.)
- Tyto alba poensis (Africa south of the Sahara, Bioko I.. Gulf of Guinea.)
- Tyto alba thomensis (São Tomé I.. Gulf of Guinea.)
- Tyto alba hypermetra (Comoro Is. and Madagascar)
Foreign names
- Effraie des clochers,
- Lechuza Común,
- Coruja-das-torres,
- Schleiereule,
- Gyöngybagoly,
- Kerkuil,
- Barbagianni comune,
- Tornuggla,
- Tårnugle,
- plamienka driemavá,
- sova pálená,
- Slørugle,
- tornipöllö,
- Nonnetjie-uil,
- òliba,
- Turnugla,
- płomykówka (zwyczajna),
- plīvurpūce,
- pegasta sova,
- Сипуха,
- メンフクロウ,
- 仓鸮,
- นกแสก,
- 倉鴞,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropic
Sources of information
- L'Effraie des clochers, Muller Yves
- Les rapaces diurnes et nocturnes d'Europe, M. Cuisin, P. Geroudet
- The Barn Owl, Bunn D. S., Warburton A. B., Wilson R. D. S.
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
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- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
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- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
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- Opisthocomiformes
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- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
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- Podicipediformes
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