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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo	Barn Owl	Greater Sooty-owl
Nome científico	Tyto alba	Tyto tenebricosa
Ordem	Strigiformes	Strigiformes
Família	Tytonidae	Tytonidae
Estado de conservação	Least Concern	Least Concern
Comprimento	35,0 cm (13.8 in)	—
Envergadura	90,0 cm (35.4 in)	55,1 cm (21.7 in)
Peso	350,0 g (12.35 oz)	767,5 g (27.07 oz)
Dieta	Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey …	--
Tamanho da postura	2-16	1-2
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Barn Owl 35,0 cm

Greater Sooty-owl —

Envergadura

Barn Owl 90,0 cm

Greater Sooty-owl 55,1 cm

Peso

Barn Owl 350,0 g

Greater Sooty-owl 767,5 g

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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

🌲 Forest 🌾 Grassland

Barn Owl only

🌿 Wetland 🏖️ Coastal

Greater Sooty-owl only

Nenhum

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

Canto

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.

Greater Sooty-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.

Greater Sooty-owl

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Least Concern

Greater Sooty-owl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

Plumagem

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

Bico

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Greater Sooty-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.

Greater Sooty-owl

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