Species factsheet

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Order: Tyto alba
Family: Barn Owls (Tytonidae)

Danish name: Slørugle

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Subspecies and Distribution

alba

nw Africa, w and s Europe to the Balkans

guttata

c Europe and e Balkans to the Ukraine

ernesti

Corsica and Sardinia

erlangeri

Crete and Cyprus through the Middle East to s Iran

affinis

Africa south of the Sahara

schmitzi

Madeira

gracilirostris

e Canary Is.

detorta

Cape Verde Is.

poensis

Bioko I. (Gulf of Guinea)

thomensis

São Tomé I. (Gulf of Guinea)

hypermetra

Comoro Is. and Madagascar

stertens

Pakistan, India and n Sri Lanka to sw China and Indochina

javanica

Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java to w Lesser Sundas

pratincola

s Canada and ne USA to e Nicaragua, Hispaniola

guatemalae

w Guatemala to Panama

bondi

Bay Is. (off n Honduras)

lucayana

Bahama Is.

niveicauda

Isle of Pines (off Cuba)

furcata

Cuba, Cayman Is. and Jamaica

nigrescens

Dominica I.

insularis

s Lesser Antilles

bargei

Netherlands Antilles

subandeana

submontane Colombia, Ecuador

contempta

Andes from Venezuela to Peru

hellmayri

Guianas, n Brazil

tuidara

c Brazil south of the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego

punctatissima

Galapagos Is.

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