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Alternative name: Pearly Owl
- Tyto javanica
Tyto delicatula
Identification
Distribution
From India and south east Asia through Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) to New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Vanuatu.
Taxonomy
One of three species formerly considered one under the name of Barn Owl.
Andaman Masked Owl has been split from this species. In contrast, some taxa seem close to Eastern Barn Owl: for example Taliabu Masked Owl and Sulawesi Masked Owl (reference [5])
The scientific name for this part of the former Barn Owl used to be Tyto delicatula, but Tyto javanica was deemed to be an older applicable name and that is therefore the scientific name for this species.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- T. j. stertens: Indian subcontinent to north Sri Lanka, south west China, and southern Thailand
- T. j. javanica: Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas
- T. j. sumbaensis on Sumba Island (Lesser Sundas)
- T. j. delicatula from Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas) to Australia, Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), and Samoa
- T. j. meeki in eastern New Guinea, including Manam and Karkar islands
- T. j. interposita on Reef, Nendö, and Vanikoro (Temotu, southeastern Solomon Islands), and Banks Islands to Efate (northern to central Vanuatu)
- T. j. crassirostris: Tanga Island (off New Ireland, north eastern Bismarck Archipelago)
The last four subspecies has also been proposed to be a full species different from all other Barn Owl relatives using the name Australian Barn Owl.
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122
- Avibase entry showing what could be happening with the last four subspecies.
- Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Eastern Barn Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Barn_Owl
External Links
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