Tyto alba
Western Barn Owl
As recorded: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Strigiformes › Tytonidae
- Collected by
- Jason Fu
- Identified by
- M E Hagemann
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Tyto alba observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,214 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, EC
(c) Itai Grisaru, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Upper Coldwell Reservoir
(c) Mark Fanshawe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, GB
(c) Steve Evans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Cumberland, UK
(c) James Lloyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Northern Ireland, GB
(c) Anna Kellagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Oxford, UK
(c) Tomek Croydon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Tyto alba. BPBM 185937. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090228985. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/185937.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090228985 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026