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Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता	Barn Owl	Golden Masked-owl
वैज्ञानिक नाम	Tyto alba	Tyto aurantia
गण	Strigiformes	Strigiformes
कुल	Tytonidae	Tytonidae
संरक्षण स्थिति	Least Concern	Vulnerable
लंबाई	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	—
पंखों का फैलाव	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	45.1 cm (17.8 in)
वजन	350.0 g (12.35 oz)	540.0 g (19.05 oz)
आहार	Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey …	--
अंडों की संख्या	2-16	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Barn Owl 35.0 cm

Golden Masked-owl —

पंखों का फैलाव

Barn Owl 90.0 cm

Golden Masked-owl 45.1 cm

वजन

Barn Owl 350.0 g

Golden Masked-owl 540.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

🌲 Forest

Barn Owl only

🌿 Wetland 🌾 Grassland 🏖️ Coastal

Golden Masked-owl only

कोई नहीं

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

गीत

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.

Golden 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.

Golden Masked-owl

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संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Vulnerable

Golden Masked-owl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

पंख

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

चोंच

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Golden 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.

Golden Masked-owl

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