Western Barn Owl

Tyto alba - Effraie des clochers

Effraie des clochers
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Tytonidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tyto

  • Species
    :

    alba

Descriptor

Scopoli, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 44 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 85 à 93 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Longevity

13 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Effraie des clochers
adult plum. breeding
Effraie des clochers
adult

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,

Voice song and cries

Effraie des clochers
adult

Habitat

Effraie des clochers

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropic.

al High Altitude, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) : Caves ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches

Geographic range

Distribution

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