Barn Owl facts: the other kind of owl | Animal Fact Files

The common name "barn owl" may be in reference to a single species, but it can also describe the group of approximately twenty living species in the barn owl family. The barn owl family includes any owls not classified as "true" owls and they all have heart-shaped faces. There are sooty owls, masked owls, grass owls, and bay owls in the barn owl family. These owls have longer and lower positioned beaks along with their fancy faces. Barn owls are found on nearly every continent making them a cosmopolitan group of birds!

Scientific Name: Family - Tytonidae
Range: all continents except Antartica
Size: 12-40in (30-102cm) wingpsan; 1.7-18lb (800g-8kg) weight
Diet: small mammals like rodents and rabbits, insects, birds, reptiles, etc.
Lifespan: 15+ years

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Image and Video Credits:
Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I-tWt_22jk
China News Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqFCa6sGJY
Richard Bonnett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnyboy/4602544437
b3tarev3 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/b3tarev3/23304126204
The Nature Box - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barn_owl_(Tyto_alba)_in_Avon_Valley.webm; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barn_Owl_(Tyto_alba).webm
Elsafreestyle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SOOTY_OWL_@_SCRUBBY_CREEK_21APRIL15_(2).JPG
JJ Harrison - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyto_novaehollandiae_castanops_male_1_-_Port_Arthur.jpg
caquet - https://freesound.org/people/caquet/sounds/221164
chris_dagorne - https://freesound.org/people/chris_dagorne/sounds/181357
Christopher Taylor - https://vimeo.com/72251501; https://vimeo.com/72236855
CLAi - https://vimeo.com/315778986
Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden - https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/718030; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/717549; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/719027
Research Credits:
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177849#null
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Barn_Owls/-lfPDwAAQBAJ
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Owls_of_the_World_A_Photographic_Guide/_edfAwAAQBAJ
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Birds_of_Prey_of_the_World/I8p7AgAAQBAJ
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Owls/gfc8CwAAQBAJ
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tytonidae
https://nhpbs.org/wild/Tytonidae.asp
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/overview
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/lifehistory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn-owl
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=240

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