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  • Scientific names
    • Tyto alba punctatissima
    • Tyto alba
  • English
    • Barn Owl
    • Common Barn-Owl
  • French
    • effraie de clochers
  • Spanish
    • Lechuza de campanario

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Recent Observations

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What

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Observer

chasesbears

Date

May 14, 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Description

Dead

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Barn Owl Tyto alba

Observer

circatari

Date

Apr 10, 2012
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What

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 29, 2012

Description

This hole is about five feet across and one foot high.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of the two living main lineages groups of owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). T. alba is found almost anywhere in the world outside polar and desert regions, as...

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.