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Tyto
''Tyto'' is a genus of birds consisting of true barn owls, grass owls and masked owls that collectively make up all the species within the subfamily Tytoninae of the barn owl family, Tytonidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Tyto'' was introduced in 1828 by the Swedish naturalist Gustaf Johan Billberg with the western barn owl as the type species. The name is from the Ancient Greek ''tutō'' meaning "owl". The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') was formerly considered to have a global distribution with around 28 subspecies. In the list of birds maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) the barn owl is now split into four species: the western barn owl (''Tyto alba'') (10 subspecies), the American barn owl (''Tyto furcata'') (12 subspecies), the eastern barn owl (''Tyto javanica'') (7 subspecies) and the Andaman masked owl (''Tyto deroepstorffi''). This arrangement is followed here. Some support for this split was provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tytonidae
Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the Strigidae in structural details relating in particular to the sternum and feet. Barn-owls are a wide-ranging family, although they are absent from northern North America, Saharan Africa, and large parts of Asia. They live in a wide range of habitats from deserts to forests, and from temperate latitudes to the tropics. Within these habitats, they live near agricultural areas with high amounts of human activity. The majority of the 20 living species of barn-owls are poorly known. Some, like the red owl, have barely been seen or studied since their discovery, in contrast to the common barn-owl, which is one of the best-known owl species in the world. However, some subspecies of the common barn-owl poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barn-owl
Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the Strigidae in structural details relating in particular to the sternum and feet. Barn-owls are a wide-ranging family, although they are absent from northern North America, Saharan Africa, and large parts of Asia. They live in a wide range of habitats from deserts to forests, and from temperate latitudes to the tropics. Within these habitats, they live near agricultural areas with high amounts of human activity. The majority of the 20 living species of barn-owls are poorly known. Some, like the red owl, have barely been seen or studied since their discovery, in contrast to the common barn-owl, which is one of the best-known owl species in the world. However, some subspecies of the common barn-owl poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Barn Owl
The western barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them Taxonomy The western barn owl was formally described in 1769 by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli under the binomial name ''Strix alba''. The type locality is the Friuli area of northeast Italy. The specific epithet is from Latin ''albus'' meaning "white". This owl is now placed in the genus ''Tyto'' that was introduced in 1828 by the Swedish naturalist Gustaf Johan Billberg. Ten subspecies are recognised: * ''T. a. alba'' (Scopoli, 1769) – northwest Africa, west, south Europe to the Balkans * ''T. a. guttata'' ( Brehm, CL, 1831) – central Europe and east Balkans to the Ukraine * ''T. a. ernesti'' ( Kleinschmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Barn Owl
The western barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them Taxonomy The western barn owl was formally described in 1769 by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli under the binomial name ''Strix alba''. The type locality is the Friuli area of northeast Italy. The specific epithet is from Latin ''albus'' meaning "white". This owl is now placed in the genus ''Tyto'' that was introduced in 1828 by the Swedish naturalist Gustaf Johan Billberg. Ten subspecies are recognised: * ''T. a. alba'' (Scopoli, 1769) – northwest Africa, west, south Europe to the Balkans * ''T. a. guttata'' ( Brehm, CL, 1831) – central Europe and east Balkans to the Ukraine * ''T. a. ernesti'' ( Kleinschmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Barn Owl
The eastern barn owl (''Tyto javanica'') is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia and Australasia. The eastern barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. They specialise in hunting animals on the ground, and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, after which a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a tree hollow, old b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Grass Owl
The African grass owl (''Tyto capensis'') is a species of owl in the barn owl family, Tytonidae. Description The African grass owl resembles the barn owl and has a heart shaped whitish-cream facial disc, with a narrow yellowish-buff rim which is densely spotted dark. The eyes are brownish-black, and the bill is whitish to pale pink. The entire upperparts from the crown to the lower back and wing-coverts are a uniform sooty blackish-brown, with scattered small white spots and greyish flecks. The primary feathers and secondary feathers are pale brownish-grey with dark bars and yellow bases. The short tail has uniform brown central feathers fading to paler, almost white, outer feathers which show about four dark bars. The underparts vary in colour from whitish to buff marked with dark spots. The legs have whitish feathers which extend to the lower third of the tarsi. The lower leg and feet are slightly bristled and coloured pale yellowish-grey. The body length is , the wing len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Barn Owl
The American barn owl (''Tyto furcata'') is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the western barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl, make up the barn owl, cosmopolitan in range. The barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The American barn owl is native to North and South America, and has been introduced to Hawaii. The ashy-faced owl (''T. glaucops'') was for some time included in ''T. alba'', and by some authors its populations from the Lesser Antilles still are. Based on DNA evidence, König, Weick & Becking (2009) recognised the American barn owl (''T. furcata'') and the Curaçao barn owl (''T. bargei'') as separate species. Description The American barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. However, the largest bodied race of barn owl, ''T. f. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Sooty Owl
The greater sooty owl (''Tyto tenebricosa'') is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. The lesser sooty owl (''T. multipunctata''), is sometimes considered to be conspecific with this species, in which case they are then together referred to as sooty owls. It is substantially smaller and occurs in the wet tropics region of North Queensland, Australia. Description Greater sooty owls have a finely white spotted head with scattered white spots on the wings. The females are lighter colored than the males. They appear to be the heaviest of the living species in the barn owl family, however the Tasmanian subspecies of the Australian masked owl is larger still. The females' length is and weighs . The smaller male has a length of and weighs . The wing length is 30–40 cm. The large dark eyes are set in a round large facial disk. The facial disk is dark gray-silver or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Grass Owl
The eastern grass owl (''Tyto longimembris''), also known as Chinese grass owl or Australian grass owl, is a species of owl in the family Tytonidae. They feed predominantly on small rodents. Though some authorities consider this owl to be conspecific with the African grass owl, ''T. capensis'', other consider it to be a valid species. Description The eastern grass owl is a medium-sized owl, similar in size to the barn owl. Adult males measure from in length, while the larger females can measure from . The wingspan is from . The female weighs while the male weighs . They have dark brown or tan upper parts with pale spots. They have black and tan bars on its wings and a very pale beak, feathered legs, and dark brown eyes. Like all ''Tyto'' owls, it has a heart-shaped facial disk with brown buff and a white bordering. Call The eastern grass owl's primary call is like many other tyto owls. A loud, hissing screech but the grass owl's screech is louder than a barn owl's but quieter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Masked Owl
The Australian masked owl (''Tyto novaehollandiae'') is a barn owl of Southern New Guinea and the non-desert areas of Australia. Taxonomy Described subspecies of ''Tyto novaehollandiae'' include: * ''T. n. calabyi'' I.J. Mason, 1983, (southern New Guinea) * ''T. n. castanops'' (Gould, 1837), Tasmanian masked owl (Tasmania and introduced to Lord Howe Island) * ''T. n. galei'' Mathews, 1914, (Cape York Peninsula) * ''T. n. kimberli'' (Mathews, 1912), Northern masked owl (northern mainland Australia) * ''T. n. melvillensis'' Mathews, 1912, (Tiwi Islands) * ''T. n. novaehollandiae'' (Stephens, 1826), (southern mainland Australia) * ''T. n. troughtoni'' N.W. Cayley, 1931, cave-nesting masked owl (Nullarbor Plain, validity doubtful) Description Brown feathers surround a white, heart-shaped mask. Their dorsal plumage is brown, aside from light gray spots on the upper back. Their front is white with brown spots. Their eye color varies from black to dark brown. The species have sexua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaman Masked Owl
The Andaman masked owl (''Tyto deroepstorffi'') is a barn owl endemic to the southern Andaman Islands, an archipelago between India and Myanmar, in the Bay of Bengal.Bruce, M.D., Christie, D.A., Kirwan, G.M. & Marks, J.S. (2017). Common Barn-owl (''Tyto alba''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/54929 on 6 September 2017). Regarded by some authors as a subspecies of the common barn owl (''Tyto alba''), it is recognized by others as a species in its own right. Taxonomy The species was named by Allan Octavian Hume after the collector Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff who shot it at Aberdeen, Andamans. Hume placed it in the genus ''Strix''. Some authors consider this bird to be a subspecies of the barn owl/western barn owl ''(Tyto alba)'',or the eastern barn owl The eastern barn owl (''Tyto javanica'') is usually considered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minahasa Masked Owl
The Minahasa masked owl (''Tyto inexspectata''), also known as the Minahasa barn owl, Sulawesi owl or Sulawesi golden owl, is a barn owl endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The name is derived from the Minahassa Peninsula The Minahasa Peninsula, also spelled Minahassa, is one of the four principal peninsulas on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It stretches north from the central part of the island, before turning to the east and forming the northern boundary of ..., where it was first described as a breeding bird; however, it is also known to live in north-central Sulawesi. The Minahasa masked owl has short wings with a wingspan of 240–250 mm well suited to its habitat in deep forests. It appears to prefer undisturbed or lightly disturbed rainforest at altitudes of 100–1,600 m. As the primary lowland forests on the Minahasa peninsula has been destroyed, the survival of the species depends on the more inaccessible montane forests. The species is known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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