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Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
The western barn owl (T. alba) can be found in Africa and parts of Asia, including Eurasia. The American barn owl (T. furcata) can be found from North to South America. Lastly, the Australian barn owl (T. delicatula) can be found in Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Asia. [4] Bay owls, genus Phodilus
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), a small, partly insectivorous owl, has a release force of only 5 N. The larger barn owl ( Tyto alba ) needs a force of 30 N to release its prey, and one of the largest owls, the great horned owl ( Bubo virginianus ), needs a force over 130 N to release prey in its talons. [ 34 ]
A number of owl fossils were at one time assigned to the present genus, but are nowadays placed elsewhere. While there are clear differences in osteology between typical owls and barn owls, there has been parallel evolution to some degree and thus isolated fossil bones cannot necessarily be assigned to either family without thorough study.
White-throated screech-owl: Megascops albogularis? [194] LC [194] [194] See also. Biology portal; Birds portal; Lists of birds by population; Lists of organisms by ...
An owl is any one of some 200+ species of solitary, mostly nocturnal predatory birds.They are classified as order Strigiformes.Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish.