American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata(Temminck, CJ, 1827)
English (US) American Barn Owl
The American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) 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 furcata
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- American Barn Owl
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 10 subspecies for this species.
- Tyto furcata pratincola
- Tyto furcata guatemalae
- Tyto furcata bondi
- Tyto furcata niveicauda
- Tyto furcata furcata
- Tyto furcata bargei
- Tyto furcata contempta
- Tyto furcata hellmayri
- Tyto furcata tuidara
- Tyto furcata punctatissima
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix furcata
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- Cuba.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.73, vol.2 pl.432
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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