Barn, Masked, Grass, and Sooty Owls
Tyto
Tyto is a genus of birds consisting of true barn owls, grass owls and masked owls that collectively make up all the species within the subfamily Tytoninae of the barn owl family, Tytonidae.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
American Barn Owl
speciesTyto furcata
Western Barn Owl
speciesTyto alba
Eastern Barn Owl
speciesTyto javanica
Sooty Owl
speciesTyto tenebricosa
Australian Masked Owl
speciesTyto novaehollandiae
Australasian Grass-Owl
speciesTyto longimembris
Ashy-faced Owl
speciesTyto glaucops
Sulawesi Masked Owl
speciesTyto rosenbergii
African Grass Owl
speciesTyto capensis
Andaman Masked Owl
speciesTyto deroepstorffi
Red Owl
speciesTyto soumagnei
Minahasa Masked Owl
speciesTyto inexspectata
Golden Masked Owl
speciesTyto aurantia
Moluccan Masked Owl
speciesTyto sororcula
Seram Masked Owl
speciesTyto almae
Taliabu Masked Owl
speciesTyto nigrobrunnea
Itombwe Owl
speciesTyto prigoginei
Noel's Barn Owl
speciesTyto noeli
Puerto Rican Barn Owl
speciesTyto cavatica
Hispaniolan Giant Barn Owl
speciesTyto ostologa
Bahama Barn Owl
speciesTyto pollens
Manus Masked Owl
speciesTyto manusi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20414.