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Western Barn Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25317
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Summary

Western Barn Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,665 views/month, #1,134 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Named after: Malta[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Tyto[7]
  • Taxon name: Tyto alba[8]
  • Commons category: Tyto alba[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tyto alba[10]
  • Commons gallery: Tyto alba[11]
  • This taxon is source of: Tyto alba pellets[12]
  • Short name: T. alba[13]
  • Taxon common name: Western Barn Owl[14], Schleiereule[15], Lechuza común[16], Effraie des clochers[17], Barbagianni[18], Kerkuil[19], Nonnetjie-uil[20], Slørugle[21], Tårnugle[22], Сипуха[23], メンフクロウ[24], òliba[25], tornuggla[26], sova pálená[27]
  • Wingspan: 0.9 m[28]
  • Mass: 580 g[29]

Body

Identifiers

Western Barn Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56313[30]. Western Barn Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2497921[31]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 177851[32] and 1063273[33].

Why It Matters

Western Barn Owl has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Western Barn Owl receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Honolulu Zoo Malta

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Collins Bird Guide. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 177851, 1063273
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2897
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 22707
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01628203-n
    Interlingual index id → i43859
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  4. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Regionally Extinct, Vulnerable
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  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0350531-sova-palena
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0350531-sova-palena, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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