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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Barn Owl	Taliabu Masked-owl
الاسم العلمي	Tyto alba	Tyto nigrobrunnea
الرتبة	Strigiformes	Strigiformes
الفصيلة	Tytonidae	Tytonidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Near Threatened
الطول	35,0 cm (13.8 in)	—
طول الجناح	90,0 cm (35.4 in)	55,6 cm (21.9 in)
الوزن	350,0 g (12.35 oz)	631,9 g (22.29 oz)
النظام الغذائي	Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey …	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	2-16	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Barn Owl 35,0 cm

Taliabu Masked-owl —

طول الجناح

Barn Owl 90,0 cm

Taliabu Masked-owl 55,6 cm

الوزن

Barn Owl 350,0 g

Taliabu Masked-owl 631,9 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Barn Owl only

🌿 Wetland 🌾 Grassland 🏖️ Coastal

Taliabu Masked-owl only

بلا

Barn Owl

Open farmland, grasslands, and marshes. Nests in barns, church steeples, tree cavities, and purpose-built nest boxes.

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Song & Call Comparison

Barn Owl

الغناء

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.

Taliabu Masked-owl

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Geographic Range & Migration

Barn Owl

The most widespread owl and one of the most widespread land birds, found on every continent except Antarctica.

Taliabu Masked-owl

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Near Threatened

Taliabu Masked-owl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

الريش

Pale golden-buff upperparts with delicate grey mottling. Pure white heart-shaped face and white to pale buff underparts. Ghostly white appearance in flight.

المنقار

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Taliabu Masked-owl

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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.

Taliabu Masked-owl

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