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Barn Owl
Tyto alba
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Tyto capensis
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 Barn Owl Tyto alba (6589)
 
 
Polytypic Group: Barn Owl (Eurasian): alba
 albaW and s Europe, w Canary Islands and North Africa
 guttataCentral Europe east to sw European USSR and ne Greece
 ernestiCorsica and Sardinia
 erlangeriCrete and Cyprus to sw Iran, ne Egypt and s Arabian Peninsula
 schmitziMadeira and Porto Santo I.
 gracilirostrisE Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Alegranza)
 affinisSub-Saharan Africa, Zanzibar, Pemba, Madagascar, Comoros
 poensisBioko (Gulf of Guinea)
 stertensIndian subcontinent to n Sri Lanka, sw China and s Thailand
 javanicaMalay Peninsula to Greater Sundas
 sumbaensisSumba (Lesser Sundas)
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Cape Verde): detorta
 detortaCape Verde Islands
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Sao Tome): thomensis
 thomensisSão Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Andaman): deroepstorffi
 deroepstorffiS Andaman Islands
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Boang): crassirostris
 crassirostrisTanga I. (Bismarck Archipelago)
 
Polytypic Group: Barn Owl (Australian): delicatula
 delicatulaTimor to Australia, Solomon Is., Loyalty Is., and Samoa
 meekiE New Guinea, Manam and Karkar islands
 interpositaN Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands and Banks Group
 
Polytypic Group: Barn Owl (American): furcata
 furcataCuba, Cayman Islands and Jamaica
 niveicaudaIsle of Pines (off Cuba)
 pratincolaS Canada to n Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas and Hispaniola
 guatemalaeW Guatemala to Panama, Pearl Islands and Colombia
 bondiBay Islands off n Honduras (Roatán and Guanaja)
 contemptaW Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru
 hellmayriGuianas to n Brazil, Margarita I., Trinidad and Tobago
 tuidaraBrazil s of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Curacao): bargei
 bargeiNetherlands Antilles (Curaçao and Bonaire)
 
Polytypic Group: Barn Owl (Lesser Antilles): insularis/nigrescens
 insularisSt. Vincent, Bequia, Union, Carriacou and Grenada
 nigrescensDominica (Lesser Antilles)
 
Monotypic Group: Barn Owl (Galapagos): punctatissima
 punctatissimaGalapagos Islands


References

  • Tyto alba: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Tyto alba: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Tyto alba: Dyntaxa (2012) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at http://www.dyntaxa.se
  • Tyto alba: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • van Perlo, Ber: A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil; Oxford University Press, October 9, 2009; ISBN:0-195-30155-2
  • Barlow, C. and Washer, T.: A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal; Yale University Press, January 21, 1998; ISBN:0-300-07454-9
  • Svensson, L.: Birds of Europe; Princeton Field Guides, February 1, 2010; ISBN:0-691-14392-7
  • Sinclair, Ian and Langrand, Olivier: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands; New Holland Publishers (Struik), 2003 (New edition); ISBN:1-868-72956-7
  • Meyers, Susan: A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo; New Holland Publishers, 2010; ISBN:1-847-73381-6
  • Harrison, John: A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka; Oxford University Press, 2011 (2nd edition); ISBN:0-199-58567-9
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Oxford University Press, 1999; ISBN:0-1956-5155-3
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Christopher Helm, 2011; ISBN:1-408-12763-6