Details for Barn Owl

• Barn Owl

  The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is the most widespread species of owl, found on every continent except Antarctica, including Central America and the Caribbean islands like Jamaica and Haiti. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive heart-shaped facial disc, white underside, and golden-brown back. Barn owls are nocturnal predators, specializing in hunting small rodents, which they locate with their exceptional hearing. They are highly effective pest controllers in agricultural areas and often nest in barns or other human structures.

  

  Habitat: The Barn Owl lives in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia, South-africa, Angola, Botswana, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Benin, Burkina-faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central-african-rep, Chad, Congo, Cote-d-ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Albania, Norway, France, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, United-kingdom, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Cambodia, United-arab-emirates, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi-arabia, Sri-lanka, Japan, Afghanistan, China, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, North-korea, Oman, Palestine, South-korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Yemen, Russia, United-states-of-america, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Papua-new-guinea, New-zealand, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, El-salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Costa-rica, Dominican-rep, Haiti, Puerto-rico, Trinidad-and-tobago.