Barn Owl Tyto alba Scientific name definitions
- Names (63)
- Subspecies (27)
Carl D. Marti, Alan F. Poole, Louis R. Bevier, Murray D. Bruce, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 1, 2005
Text last updated June 1, 2005
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Nonnetjie-uil |
| Albanian | Kukuvajka mjekëroshe |
| Arabic | بومة المخازن |
| Assamese | লক্ষী ফেঁচা |
| Asturian | Curuxa comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi alabayquş |
| Basque | Hontz zuria |
| Bulgarian | Забулена сова |
| Catalan | òliba comuna |
| Chinese (SIM) | 仓鸮 |
| Croatian | kukuvija |
| Czech | sova pálená |
| Danish | Slørugle |
| Dutch | Kerkuil |
| English | Barn Owl |
| English (United States) | Barn Owl |
| Finnish | tornipöllö |
| French | Effraie des clochers |
| French (France) | Effraie des clochers |
| Galician | Curuxa común |
| German | Schleiereule |
| Greek | Τυτώ |
| Hebrew | תנשמת לבנה |
| Hungarian | Gyöngybagoly |
| Icelandic | Turnugla |
| Indonesian | Serak jawa |
| Italian | Barbagianni |
| Japanese | メンフクロウ |
| Latvian | Plīvurpūce |
| Lithuanian | Liepsnotoji pelėda |
| Malayalam | വെള്ളിമൂങ്ങ |
| Marathi | गव्हाणी घुबड |
| Norwegian | tårnugle |
| Persian | جغد انبار |
| Polish | płomykówka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Coruja-das-torres |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | suindara |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Coruja-das-torres |
| Romanian | Strigă |
| Russian | Сипуха |
| Serbian | Kukuvija |
| Slovak | plamienka driemavá |
| Slovenian | Pegasta sova |
| Spanish | Lechuza Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Lechuza de Campanario |
| Spanish (Chile) | Lechuza |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Lechuza Ratonera |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Lechuza |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Lechuza Blanca |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Lechuza Campanaria |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Lechuza |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Lechuza de Campanario |
| Spanish (Panama) | Lechuza Común |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Lechuza de campanario |
| Spanish (Peru) | Lechuza de Campanario |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Lechuza |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lechuza común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Lechuza de Campanario |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Lechuza de Campanario |
| Swedish | orienttornuggla/amerikansk tornuggla/tornuggla |
| Thai | นกแสก |
| Turkish | Peçeli Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сипуха крапчаста |
Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Strix alba
Scopoli, 1769. Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani, p.21.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Ex Foro Juli' = Friuli, Italy.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYTO
- alba
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
