Barn Owl vs Australasian Grass-owl

Tyto alba 비교 대상 Tyto longimembris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Barn Owl Australasian Grass-owl
학명 Tyto alba Tyto longimembris
Strigiformes Strigiformes
Tytonidae Tytonidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 35.0 cm (13.8 in)
날개 폭 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 62.5 cm (24.6 in)
체중 350.0 g (12.35 oz) 382.0 g (13.47 oz)
식성 Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey … --
산란 수 2-16 3-8
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Barn Owl 35.0 cm
Australasian Grass-owl
날개 폭
Barn Owl 90.0 cm
Australasian Grass-owl 62.5 cm
체중
Barn Owl 350.0 g
Australasian Grass-owl 382.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Barn Owl only

Australasian Grass-owl only

없음

Barn Owl

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

Song & Call Comparison

Barn Owl

노래

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

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

보전 상태

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Least Concern

Australasian Grass-owl

How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

깃털

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

부리

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Australasian Grass-owl

About These Birds

Barn Owl

헛간올빼미는 어떤 올빼미보다 가장 비대칭적인 귀를 가지고 있어, 동물계에서 가장 정밀한 청각 위치 파악 능력을 지닙니다. 소리만으로 완전한 어둠 속에서 먹이를 잡을 수 있습니다. 헛간올빼미의 독특한 하트 모양 얼굴은 포물면 접시처럼 작용하여 소리를 어긋난 귀로 집중시킵니다.

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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