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
Golden Masked Owl (Tyto aurantia) Vulnerable
Range: AU: New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)
Walindi Plantation, New Britain, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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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
Andaman Masked Owl (Tyto deroepstorffi)
Range: OR: s Andaman Is.
Andaman Island, India  
 
Photograph by Savithri Singh     Copyright and usage info


American Barn Owl
American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Barn owls really live in old barns, and have a diet almost 100% of rodents.

Ashy-faced Owl
Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops)
Range: NA: Hispaniola, Dominica and s Lesser Antilles
Dominican Republic  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Minahasa Masked Owl (Tyto inexspectata) Vulnerable
Range: AU: n, nc Sulawesi
 



Eastern Barn Owl
Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica delicatula)
Range: OR, AU, PO: s, se Asia to Australasia and sw Pacific
Newstead, Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Eastern Grass Owl
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
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


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Manus Masked Owl (Tyto manusi)
Range: AU: Manus (Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.)
 



Lesser Sooty Owl
Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata)
Range: AU: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
Mount Hypipamee, Australia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


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Taliabu Masked Owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Taliabu (Sula Is., e of Sulawesi)
 



Australian Masked Owl
Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops)
Range: AU: sc New Guinea and Australia
Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Australian Masked Owl
Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops)
Range: AU: sc New Guinea and Australia
Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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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
Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa)
Range: AU: New Guinea (except sc) and e Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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