Barn Owl vs Itombwe Owl

Tyto alba 비교 대상 Tyto prigoginei

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Barn Owl Itombwe Owl
학명 Tyto alba Tyto prigoginei
Strigiformes Strigiformes
Tytonidae Tytonidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 35.0 cm (13.8 in)
날개 폭 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
체중 350.0 g (12.35 oz) 195.0 g (6.88 oz)
식성 Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey … --
산란 수 2-16 --
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Barn Owl 35.0 cm
Itombwe Owl
날개 폭
Barn Owl 90.0 cm
Itombwe Owl
체중
Barn Owl 350.0 g
Itombwe Owl 195.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Barn Owl only

Itombwe 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.

Itombwe Owl

Geographic Range & Migration

Barn Owl

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

Itombwe Owl

보전 상태

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Endangered

Itombwe 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

Itombwe 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.

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