American Barn Owl
American Barn Owl (<em>Tyto furcata</em>) is a species of Barn Owls (<em>Tytonidae</em>) in the order Owls.
Overview
American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) is a species of Barn Owls (Tytonidae) in the order Owls.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Tyto; binomial: Tyto furcata; authority: (Temminck, 1827).
Distribution
Breeding range: the Nearctic, Middle America and South America.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
American Barn Owls T. furcata are one of three genetic and morphological clades of classical cosmopolitan Barn Owl T. alba (König & Weick 2009; Nijman & Aliabadian 2013; Aliabadian et al. 2016; Uva et al. 2018).
