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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Barn Owl	Australasian Grass-owl
学名	Tyto alba	Tyto longimembris
目	Strigiformes	Strigiformes
科	Tytonidae	Tytonidae
保全状況	Least Concern	Least Concern
体長	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	—
翼開長	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	62.5 cm (24.6 in)
体重	350.0 g (12.35 oz)	382.0 g (13.47 oz)
食性	Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey …	--
一腹卵数	2-16	3-8
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Barn Owl 35.0 cm

Australasian Grass-owl —

翼開長

Barn Owl 90.0 cm

Australasian Grass-owl 62.5 cm

体重

Barn Owl 350.0 g

Australasian Grass-owl 382.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

🌿 Wetland 🌾 Grassland

Barn Owl only

🌲 Forest 🏖️ Coastal

Australasian Grass-owl only

None

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

さえずり

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.

Australasian Grass-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.

Australasian Grass-owl

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保全状況

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Least Concern

Australasian Grass-owl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

羽毛

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

くちばし

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Australasian Grass-owl

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About These Birds

Barn Owl

メンフクロウはあらゆるフクロウの中で最も非対称な耳を持ち、動物界最高の聴覚的方向定位能力を誇る。完全な暗闇の中でも音だけで獲物を捕まえることができる。特徴的なハート形の顔は放物線状の皿として機能し、ずれた両耳に音を集める。

Australasian Grass-owl

The Australasian Grass-owl is a barn owl relative found in open grasslands and marshes from Australia and New Guinea to parts of Asia. Weighing about 382g with a wingspan of 62.5cm, it has a pale heart-shaped facial disc and long legs suited for hunting through grass. It hunts rodents and other small mammals at night.

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