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Tyto alba (barn owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Strix alba Scopoli
1931Tyto alba Wetmore p. 39
1940Tyto alba Wetmore p. 67
1942Tyto alba Miller and DeMay p. 117
1956Tyto alba Wetmore p. 85
1965Tyto alba Bernstein p. 276
1976Tyto alba Campbell p. 165
1982Tyto alba Olson and Hilgartner p. 37
1988Tyto alba Weesie p. 30 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-9
1989Tyto alba Balouet and Olson p. 19
1990Tyto alba Olson et al. p. 9
1992Tyto alba Guthrie p. 324
1993Tyto alba Goodman and Ravoavy
1994Tyto alba Morgan p. 482
1997Tyto alba Seguí et al. p. 229
2002Tyto alba Mlikovsky p. 212
2003Tyto alba Steadman et al.
2004Tyto alba Broughton p. 28
2013Tyto alba Bedetti and Pavia p. 40 figs. Pl 2, fig f
2013Tyto alba Goodman et al.
2015Tyto alba Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Tyto alba Clements et al.
2018Tyto alba Oswald and Steadman p. 366
2024Tyto alba Ramello et al. p. 96 fig. 8A,C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828
speciesalba(Scopoli 1769)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 [barn owl]
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Tyto alba pratincola Bonaparte 1838
Tyto alba punctatissima Gould and Gray 1838 [Galapagos barn owl]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2011-08-20 11:43:35
Modified: 2011-08-19 20:43:35
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Tyto alba (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tyto alba (125451 125463)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Tyto alba (124960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Tyto alba (176094 176098)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tyto alba (136430)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Tyto alba (197789)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Tyto alba (20350 20415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Tyto alba (69062)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Tyto alba (152008 161536 176091 192630)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Tyto alba (20491)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Tyto alba (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Tyto alba (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tyto alba (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tyto alba (20638) Tyto pratincola (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Tyto alba (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Tyto alba (92902 192948 192949 192950 192951 192954 192956 192957 192958 192959 192965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tyto alba (136072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tyto alba (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tyto alba (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Tyto alba (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Tyto alba (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Tyto alba (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Tyto alba (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tyto alba (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Tyto alba (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tyto alba (120827 123918 125234 125236 176102 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Tyto alba (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Tyto alba (144649 194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Tyto alba (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Tyto alba (136172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Tyto alba (197930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Tyto alba (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Tyto alba (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Tyto alba (169046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Tyto alba (13221 193985 193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Tyto alba (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Tyto delicatula (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Tyto alba (193849 193851 193853 193856 193859 193860 193866)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Tyto alba (194905 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194925 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Tyto alba (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Tyto alba (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Tyto punctatissima (190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Tyto alba (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Tyto alba (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Tyto alba (194935 194936) Tyto gracilirostris (194379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Tyto alba (210533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Tyto alba (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Tyto alba (125443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Tyto alba (195020 236022)