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American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the 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.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Tyto furcata
- Family
- Barn-Owls
- Order
- Strigiformes
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