Top Results for Tytonidae

The Sooty Owl is a nocturnal bird of prey belonging to the genus *Tyto*. It’s notable for its distinctive dark plumage found across eastern Australia and New Guinea. Primarily a forest dweller, this owl utilizes its exceptional hearing and vision to hunt small mammals and invertebrates. It is partic...

The Madagascar Red Owl is a distinctive barn owl species found exclusively on the island of Madagascar. Its striking reddish-orange feathers differentiate it from other owl types and make it a notable example of avian endemism. Primarily inhabiting dense rainforests, this rare bird is studied by orn...

The Sri Lanka Bay Owl is a small owl belonging to the genus *Tyto* found exclusively in the island nation of Sri Lanka. It’s notable as one of the rarest owls globally and a key indicator species for forest conservation efforts. Primarily nocturnal, it inhabits dense, primary forests where it hunts...

The Masked Owl, *Tyto novaehollandiae*, is a substantial nocturnal bird of prey native to Australia’s forests and woodlands. It represents one of the largest species within the Tytonidae family, exhibiting significant size differences between males and females. Primarily hunting rodents, this owl pl...

The American Barn Owl is a nocturnal bird of prey native to grasslands and open country throughout North and South America. Its distinctive heart-shaped face helps funnel sound towards its ears, enhancing its ability to locate small rodents. Primarily a grassland species, it’s commonly used in ecolo...

The Eastern Barn Owl is a nocturnal owl species found across Asia and Australasia. It’s notable for its pale plumage and specialized hunting behavior in open country habitats. Primarily used for research and conservation efforts, it's of interest to ornithologists studying barn owl populations and t...

The Congo Bay Owl (Phodilus prigoginei) is a rare and poorly known barn owl in the family Tytonidae, native to the montane forests of the Albertine Rift in Central Africa. It is known from very few specimens, most of them collected in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and there is limite...

The Golden Masked Owl is a nocturnal raptor belonging to the barn owl family, endemic to the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. It is noted for its distinct golden-rust facial plumage and overall buff-colored appearance. The species inhabits tropical lowland forests where it hunts small mamm...

The greater sooty owl is a dark-plumaged barn owl native to eastern and southeastern Australia, with related populations in New Guinea sometimes treated separately. It inhabits wet forests and rainforest, roosting in tree hollows, caves, or dense vegetation during the day. Its charcoal upperparts ar...

The Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata) is a medium-sized barn owl strictly endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is characterized by its distinctive heart-shaped facial disk, heavily spotted dark grey upperparts, and silver-grey underparts. This nocturn...

The Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) is a medium-to-large owl species in the family Tytonidae, native to mainland Australia and southern New Guinea. It belongs to the genus Tyto, which also includes the widespread Barn Owl (Tyto alba). The species exhibits the characteristic heart-shaped...

The Seram Masked Owl is a species of barn owl in the family Tytonidae, currently treated in taxonomic sources as Tyto almae or Tyto sororcula almae. It is endemic to Seram, an island in the Maluku region of eastern Indonesia. A 2013 paper described the species from material collected in 2012 in lowe...

The Moluccan masked owl is an owl in the barn owl family, Tytonidae, associated with the Moluccan islands of eastern Indonesia. The name is used for Tyto sororcula, a taxon recorded from Buru and the Tanimbar Islands, where it inhabits forested island environments. It is relevant to birdwatchers and...

The African Grass Owl is Tyto capensis, a nocturnal owl in the barn-owl family, Tytonidae, found in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is associated with tall, dense grass and wet grassland, where it roosts and nests on the ground rather than in trees or buildings. The species usually hunts small mamma...

The Eastern Grass Owl is a nocturnal barn owl with the scientific name Tyto longimembris. It is associated with tall grassland, coastal heath, and farmland, where it hunts small mammals, especially rodents, close to the ground and may nest in dense grass. Its range extends across parts of South and...

The Andaman Masked Owl is a barn owl of the family Tytonidae found in India's Andaman Islands. It is associated with tropical forest, open woodland, and grassland habitats, and its dark eyes help distinguish it from several related masked-owl forms. Its island range makes it a regional form of parti...

The Sulawesi Masked Owl is a species of barn owl in the family Tytonidae and is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Its scientific name is Tyto rosenbergii, and it is distinguished by the heart-shaped facial disc typical of barn owls, along with dark upperparts and pale underparts. The spe...

The Minahassa masked owl, Tyto inexspectata, is a barn owl endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is associated with the Minahassa Peninsula and north-central Sulawesi, where it has been recorded mainly in undisturbed or lightly disturbed forest, including montane areas and protected regions such as Bog...

The Manus Masked Owl is an owl known from Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. It is associated with the barn owl family, Tytonidae, and has been treated as a distinct island form because of its limited distribution and distinctive appearance. The taxon is poorly documented, with knowledge based largel...

The Taliabu Masked Owl is a poorly documented nocturnal bird of prey restricted to the Sula Islands in Indonesia, notable for its isolated island evolution and spotted plumage.

The lesser masked owl is a barn owl in the family Tytonidae, associated with island regions of eastern Indonesia including the Maluku and Tanimbar Islands. It is a relatively small owl with the facial disk and nocturnal hunting adaptations characteristic of masked owls. The species is relevant to bi...

The Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) is a member of the barn owl family, Tytonidae, and is native to the Caribbean. Its known range includes Hispaniola and the nearby island of Tortuga. The species is identified by its gray facial disk and relatively dark underparts, features that distinguish it from...