Barn Owl vs Japanese White-eye
Tyto alba مقارنةً بـ Zosterops japonicus
Side-by-Side Comparison
| السمة | Barn Owl | Japanese White-eye |
|---|---|---|
| الاسم العلمي | Tyto alba | Zosterops japonicus |
| الرتبة | Strigiformes | Passeriformes |
| الفصيلة | Tytonidae | Zosteropidae |
| حالة الحفاظ | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| الطول | 35,0 cm (13.8 in) | 11,5 cm (4.5 in) |
| طول الجناح | 90,0 cm (35.4 in) | 17,0 cm (6.7 in) |
| الوزن | 350,0 g (12.35 oz) | 11,0 g (0.39 oz) |
| النظام الغذائي | Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey … | Insects, nectar, and fruit. Active gleaner that flits through foliage and visits flowers. Important pollinator … |
| عدد البيض في الوضع | 2-16 | 2-6 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
الموائل المشتركة
Barn Owl only
Japanese White-eye only
بلا
Barn Owl
Open farmland, grasslands, and marshes. Nests in barns, church steeples, tree cavities, and purpose-built nest boxes.
Japanese White-eye
Broadleaf evergreen forests, gardens, parks, and suburban areas. Highly adaptable and common in East Asian gardens.
Song & Call Comparison
Barn Owl
An eerie, drawn-out rasping shriek 'shreeeeee' — not a hoot. Also gives hissing, snoring, and bill-snapping when disturbed. Chicks call with a persistent rasping hunger call.
Japanese White-eye
Sweet, high-pitched 'tsee-tsee-tsee' whistle and soft melodic warbling. Flocks produce a continuous tinkling chorus. Alarm is a sharper 'tset'. Song is gentle and rhythmic.
Geographic Range & Migration
Barn Owl
The most widespread owl and one of the most widespread land birds, found on every continent except Antarctica.
Japanese White-eye
East Asia including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands.
حالة الحفاظ
Barn Owl
Japanese White-eye
How to Tell Them Apart
Barn Owl
Pale golden-buff upperparts with delicate grey mottling. Pure white heart-shaped face and white to pale buff underparts. Ghostly white appearance in flight.
Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc
Japanese White-eye
Olive-green upperparts with a bright white eye-ring. Yellow throat and undertail coverts. Greyish-white belly.
Thin, pointed, slightly decurved dark bill
About These Birds
Barn Owl
The barn owl has the most asymmetrical ears of any owl, giving it the finest auditory localization ability in the animal kingdom. It can catch prey in complete darkness using sound alone. The barn owl's distinctive heart-shaped face acts as a parabolic dish, funneling sound to its offset ears.
Japanese White-eye
The Japanese white-eye is a familiar garden bird across East Asia, beloved in Japan where it is called mejiro. These sociable birds form flocks outside the breeding season and are important pollinators of plum and cherry blossoms. Unfortunately, introduced populations in Hawaii have become invasive, competing with native honeycreepers.