American Barn Owl

What the American Barn Owl sounds like

Recorded by Alexandra Liberato · Call · Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the American Barn Owl

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the American Barn Owl

The map shades 38 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada.

About the American Barn Owl

The American barn owl 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 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.

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Easily confused with

Western Barn OwlTyto albaThe barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanicaThe Eastern barn owl is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto. Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosaGreater sooty owls have a finely white spotted head with scattered white spots on the wings.

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