Taxon profile

genus

Tyto Billberg, 1828

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Aves - birds » order Strigiformes - owls » family Tytonidae - barn owls » subfamily Tytoninae

Scientific synonyms

Aluco Fleming, 1822
Dactylostrix Kaup, 1852
Eustrinx Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1841
Flammea Fournel, 1836
Glaucostrix G.R. Gray, 1855
Glaux Blyth, 1851
Glyphidiura Reichenbach, 1850
Hybris Nitzsch, 1833
Megastrix Kaup, 1848
Scelostrix Kaup, 1852

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Included taxa

Number of records: 27

species Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) - Barn Owl

species Tyto almae Jønsson, Poulsen, Haryoko, Reeve & Fabre, 2013 - Seram Masked Owl

species Tyto aurantia (Salvadori, 1881) - New Britain Masked Owl

species Tyto capensis (A. Smith, 1834) - African Grass Owl

species Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) - Ashy-faced Owl

species Tyto inexspectata (Schlegel, 1879) - Minahassa Owl

species Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) - Australasian Grass Owl

species Tyto manusi Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 - Manus Owl

species Tyto multipunctata Mathews, 1912 - Lesser Sooty Owl

species Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann, 1939 - Taliabu Owl

species Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) - Australian Masked Owl

species Tyto rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) - Sulawesi Owl

species Tyto sororcula (P. L. Sclater, 1883) - Lesser Masked Owl

species Tyto soumagnei (A. Grandidier, 1878) - Madagascar Red Owl

species Tyto tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) - Greater Sooty Owl

Fossil taxa

species Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauviré, Alcover, Moyà & Pons, 1980 ^†

species Tyto cavatica Wetmore, 1920 ^†

species Tyto gigantea Ballmann, 1973 ^†

species Tyto jinniushanensis Hou, 1993 ^†

species Tyto mourerchauvireae Pavia, 2004 ^†

species Tyto neddi Steadman & Hilgartner, 1999 ^†

species Tyto noeli Arredondo, 1972 ^†

species Tyto ostologa Wetmore, 1922 ^†

species Tyto pollens Wetmore, 1937 ^†

species Tyto riveroi Arredondo, 1972 ^†

species Tyto robusta Ballmann, 1973 ^†

species Tyto sanctialbani (Lydekker, 1893) ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1062306]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Tyto Billberg, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

Australian Faunal Directory [97bc55da-8870-45ac-a828-97787740ad61]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Tyto Billberg, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [9921ea46-989e-4d8c-80c8-c1fa1f473a47]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Megastrix Kaup, 1848]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015

Gill F. & Donsker D.: IOC World Bird List 10.2 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Tyto Billberg, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 1 August 2020

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