Name

Tyto alba

Barn owl

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Strigiformes

Family: Tytonidae

Genus: Tyto

Species: alba

Habitat

Terrestrial. In open cultivated areas close to human habitation.

Feeding

Predator of micromammals and other small vertebrates.

Distribution

On all continents although absent from the northern half of North America and Europe and absent from the entire eastern Palearctic.

Conservation status

Endangered in Spain.

Additional information

Nocturnal raptor with long legs and slender body, long wings and very light colouration, white on the ventral parts and greyish-yellowish on the back. Black eyes prominent on the white face, which has a heart-shaped outline. Nests in old buildings. Sedentary.