The Western barn-owl – Tyto alba – is a medium sized owl of Type – nocturnal-raptor, barn-owl Family Tytonidae and the Order Strigiformes. It is a sedentary species across Europe, The Middle East, and Africa. In the AWB Region it has a dispersed distribution across most countries in the region, and there is commonly a more general dispersion of young birds outside of the breeding season.
Type - nocturnal-raptor - nesting in farms, rural buildings, barns, hamlets, copses, hollow trees. Resident Habitat - mixed farmland, grasslands, rough pastures, ditches, meadows, hedgerows, semi-deserts,
Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae Genus: Tyto
Species - Tyto alba Western barn-owl - Species - ebird.org Western barn-owl - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Western barn-owl - Animals - wildwoodtrust.org Western barn-owl - Projects - bto.org Western barn-owl - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Western barn-owl - Images - google.com Western barn-owl - Video - youtube.com Western barn-owl - Datazone - birdlife.org