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Tyto alba
(Scopoli, 1769)
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Neornithes
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
Tyto
alba
ICZN
Name Authority:
data migration
Published In: 1769
Common Name(s):
Barn Owl
Lechuza de campanario
Western Barn Owl
common barn-owl
effraie de clochers
Related Publications:
No related publications recorded.
Cited MCZ Specimens:
No cited MCZ specimens.
Synonyms and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
There is no taxonomy record in MCZbase for the genus Tyto
Related: 5 species, 18 subspecies
Congeneric Species:
Tyto capensis
Tyto cavatica
Tyto longimembris
Tyto novaehollandiae
Tyto soumagnei
Subspecies:
Tyto alba affinis
(Blyth, 1862)
Tyto alba alba
(Scopoli, 1769)
Tyto alba contempta
(Hartert, 1898)
Tyto alba delicatula
(Gould, 1837)
Tyto alba ernesti
(Kleinschmidt, 1901)
Tyto alba furcata
(Temminck, 1827)
Tyto alba glaucops
Tyto alba guatemalae
(Ridgway, 1874)
Tyto alba guttata
(Brehm, 1831)
Tyto alba hellmayri
Griscom & Greenway, 1937
Tyto alba insularis
(Pelzeln, 1872)
Tyto alba javanica
(Gmelin, 1788)
Tyto alba lucayana
Riley, 1913
Tyto alba lulu
Tyto alba nigrescens
(Lawrence, 1878)
Tyto alba pratincola
(Bonaparte, 1838)
Tyto alba stertens
Hartert, 1929
Tyto alba tuidara
(J. E. Gray, 1829)
Media:
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
3D model (text/html)
MCZ:Orn:347505
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