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Barn Owl

Tyto alba ORDER: STRIGIFORMES FAMILY: TYTONIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

The Barn Owl is one of the most widely distributed birds in the world, found on all continents except Antarctica, and on many oceanic islands as well. It has been introduced by people to some of the few places it did not already occur, namely Hawaii, the Seychelles Islands, and Lord Howe Island.

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Calls

  • Hiss, Call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller; Peter Paul Kellogg
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call is a drawn-out, hissing scream.

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