Birds of the World

○ ← STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae (Barn Owls) →

Genus: Tyto (18 species)

Western Barn Owl

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Range: AF, PAL: widespread
Pyrénées, France

Photograph by Luc Viatour Copyright and usage info


Golden Masked Owl (Tyto aurantia) Vulnerable Range: AU: New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) Walindi Plantation, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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African Grass Owl (Tyto capensis) Range: AF: Sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Cameroon s to South Africa


Andaman Masked Owl (Tyto deroepstorffi) Range: OR: s Andaman Is. Andaman Island, India
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American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread
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Barn owls really live in old barns, and have a diet almost 100% of rodents.


Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) Range: NA: Hispaniola, Dominica and s Lesser Antilles Dominican Republic
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Minahasa Masked Owl (Tyto inexspectata) Range: AU: n, nc Sulawesi


Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica delicatula) Range: OR, AU, PO: s, se Asia to Australasia and sw Pacific Newstead, Victoria, Australia
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Eastern Grass Owl (Tyto longimembris) Range: OR, AU: e India to e China, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, se New Guinea, n, ne Australia and New Caledonia
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Manus Masked Owl (Tyto manusi) Range: AU: Manus (Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.)


Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata) Range: AU: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia) Mount Hypipamee, Australia
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Taliabu Masked Owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea) Vulnerable Range: AU: Taliabu (Sula Is., e of Sulawesi)


Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops) Range: AU: sc New Guinea and Australia Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
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Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops) Range: AU: sc New Guinea and Australia Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
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Itombwe Owl (Tyto prigoginei) Range: AF: e DR Congo and nw Tanzania

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Sulawesi Masked Owl (Tyto rosenbergii) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Sangihe (n of Sulawesi), Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi), Salayar (=Selayar, s of sw Sulawesi) and Butung (=Buton, s of se Sulawesi)

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Moluccan Masked Owl (Tyto sororcula) Range: AU: c, s Moluccas

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Red Owl (Tyto soumagnei) Vulnerable Range: AF: nw, e Madagascar


Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa) Range: AU: New Guinea (except sc) and e Australia Australia
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