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The barn owls (Tyto species, particularly Tyto alba) are the most widely distributed group of owls in the world. They are medium-sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. The term may be used to describe:
The American barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. [3] However, the largest-bodied race of barn owl, T. f. furcata from Cuba and Jamaica, is also an island race, albeit being found on more sizeable islands with larger prey and few larger owls competing for dietary resources. [4]
Five species of barn owl are threatened, and some island species went extinct during the Holocene or earlier (e.g., Tyto pollens, known from the fossil record of Andros Island in the Bahamas, and possibly the basis for the mythical chickcharney). [3] Barn owls are mostly nocturnal and generally non-migratory, living in pairs or singly.
Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica) found in Puerto Rico - may still have existed up to 1912; possibly a subspecies of the ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) Noel's barn owl (Tyto noeli) found in Cuba; Rivero's barn owl (Tyto riveroi) found in Cuba; Cuban barn owl (Tyto sp.) found in Cuba; Hispaniolan barn owl (Tyto ostologa) found in Hispaniola
Barn owl: U U U U Western screech-owl: C C C C Great horned owl: F F F F Northern pygmy-owl: U U U U Northern saw-whet owl: C C C C Vaux's swift: F U U - White-throated swift: U U U U Anna's hummingbird: C C C C Allen's hummingbird: C F - - Belted kingfisher: U U U U Acorn woodpecker: C C C C Red-breasted sapsucker - - U U Nuttall's woodpecker ...
Barn owl or lulu, a widespread nocturnal bird. Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae. Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. Eastern barn owl, Tyto javanica
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 ...
For a simple list of all owl species, see the article "List of owl species". Extinct species: Bermuda saw-whet owl , described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century.