Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba(Scopoli, GA, 1769)
English (US) Western Barn Owl
The Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tytonidae (Bay Owls and Barn Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
- Scientific name
- Tyto alba
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Western Barn Owl
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 10 subspecies for this species.
- Tyto alba alba
- Tyto alba guttata
- Tyto alba ernesti
- Tyto alba erlangeri
- Tyto alba schmitzi
- Tyto alba gracilirostris
- Tyto alba detorta
- Tyto alba poensis
- Tyto alba thomensis
- Tyto alba hypermetra
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix alba
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
- Type locality
- 'Ex Foro Juli' = Friuli, Italy.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.21
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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