Eastern Barn Owl
Photo · (c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Eastern Barn Owl

Tyto javanica(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Native
Order
STRIGIFORMES
Family
Tytonidae
Genus
Tyto
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The 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. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand, and Australasia.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
OR, AU, PO : south and south-east Asia to Australasia and south-west Pacific

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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  12. Dec

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