Bird / Tyto alba
Barn Owl
Lowest risk
Native
The western barn owl is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the barn owl. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The western barn owl is native to Eurasia and Africa.
- Range mass
- 430 to 620 g
- Range length
- 32 to 40 cm
- Range wingspan
- 107 to 110 cm
- Breeding interval
- Barn owls breed once yearly; somtimes two or even three broods per year are produced.
- Breeding season
- Barn owls breed essentially any time of the year, depending upon food supply.
- Range eggs per season
- 2 to 18
- Average eggs per season
- 5.5
- Average eggs per season
- 6
- Range time to hatching
- 29 to 34 days
- Range fledging age
- 50 to 70 days
- Average fledging age
- 64.3 days
- Range time to independence
- 3 to 5 weeks
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 34 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 20.9 months
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 185 months
Harris, M. 2002. "Tyto alba" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tyto_alba/
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