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Barn owl

Barn owls
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Barn Owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Tytonidae
Genera
Tyto
Phodilus

The barn owls (Family Tytonidae) are one of the two groups of owls, the other being the typical owls Strigidae. The two genera contain over twenty species of barn owls.

Barn owls occur worldwide. The best-known species, the Barn Owl, Tyto alba occurs on every continent except Antarctica.

Species list:

  • Order Strigiformes
    • Family Tytonidae
      • Genus Tyto
        • Greater Sooty Owl, Tyto tenebricosa
        • Lesser Sooty Owl, Tyto multipunctata
        • Australian Masked Owl, Tyto novaehollandiae
        • New Britain Masked Owl, Tyto aurantia
        • Lesser Masked Owl, Tyto sororcula
        • Manus Owl, Tyto manusi
        • Taliabu Owl, Tyto nigrobrunnea
        • Minahassa Owl, Tyto inexspectata
        • Sulawesi Owl, Tyto rosenbergii
        • Australasian Grass Owl, Tyto longimembris
        • African Grass Owl, Tyto capensis
        • Ashy-faced Owl, Tyto glaucops
        • Madagascar Red Owl, Tyto soumagnei
        • Barn Owl, Tyto alba
      • Genus Phodilus
        • Oriental Bay Owl, Phodilus badius
        • Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoginei
    • Family Strigidae: typical owls

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Referenced By

List of North American birds: non-passerines | North American birds

 

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