bird · Strigiformes · Tytonidae

Barn Owl

Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) — also called Western Barn Owl, Common Barn Owl. Occurrence records of the Barn Owl are shared on GBIF from around 20 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (247 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern

20reserves with records

717records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) — Photo: User:Alun Williams333 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	247
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	135
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	96
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected area	NW North West	46
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	21
The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	21
Cango WildlifeNature reserve	WC Western Cape	21
Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	18
Pretorius KloofNature reserve	FS Free State	17
South African Wildlife Rehabilitation CenterWildlife sanctuary	GP Gauteng	16
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	14
Ann van Dyk Cheetah CentreWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	10
Wolhuterskop Game and Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	FS Free State	10
Blougat Municipal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	9
Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	9
Phillipskop Mountain ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Combretum ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	7
Haasendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve	FS Free State	4
Drakenstein Lion ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 5 reserves
Gauteng: 3 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
North West: 2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Scientific name: Tyto alba
GBIF taxon: 2497921
Wikidata: Q25317

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.