Bird

Barn Owl

Tyto alba · Tytonidae · Strigiformes

Best monthsMay–Julmost records

Records405,530in 89 countries

Most seen inFrance103,507 records

Red ListLeast concernIUCN status

About

Barn Owl in brief

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is a bird of the Tytonidae family — species of bird.

Across the 89 countries we cover it has 405,530 published records, most of them from France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, June and July and fall to their lowest in September and November.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

France103,507 records · best Jun, Jan

United Kingdom100,400 records · best Jan, Feb

Netherlands81,367 records · best Jun, Jul

Spain43,050 records · best Jun, May

Belgium13,976 records · best Feb, Jun

Portugal10,860 records · best May, Aug

Israel8,899 records · best May, Jun

Germany6,152 records · best May, Jan

Denmark5,183 records · best Jun, Jul

Italy4,284 records · best Jan, Dec

Namibia3,807 records · best Jan, Dec

Ireland2,885 records · best Jan, Nov

Luxembourg2,650 records · best Jun, Jul

Zimbabwe2,319 records · best May, Jan

Türkiye1,415 records · best Aug, May

Greece1,188 records · best May, Apr

Botswana1,176 records · best Dec, Mar

Senegal1,025 records · best Jan, Dec

Zambia998 records · best May, Oct

Poland924 records · best Jul, Jun

Switzerland814 records · best Sep, Jul

Nigeria761 records · best Dec, Oct

Madagascar758 records · best Nov, Oct

United Arab Emirates633 records · best Oct, Jan

Bulgaria556 records · best Jan, Feb

Austria477 records · best Jul, Jun

Czechia452 records · best Jul, May

Ukraine445 records · best Sep, Jul

Hungary384 records · best May, Aug

Eswatini319 records · best Jan, Feb

Cyprus290 records · best Apr, Aug

Cape Verde258 records · best Apr, Mar

Morocco230 records · best Jan, Dec

Egypt219 records · best Apr, Dec

Malawi217 records · best Jan, Jul

Oman201 records · best Nov, Feb

Serbia195 records · best Nov, Feb

Romania167 records · best May, Jun

Croatia159 records · best Mar, Oct

Benin151 records · best Aug, Jun

Kuwait139 records · best Sep, Oct

São Tomé and Príncipe133 records · best Jun, Aug

Guinea-Bissau129 records · best Oct, Nov

Palestine118 records · best May, Jun

Azerbaijan80 records · best Feb, Mar

Saudi Arabia77 records · best Oct, Feb

Slovenia73 records · best Jun, Aug

Ivory Coast72 records · best Mar, Jan

Tunisia70 records · best Apr, Feb

Algeria64 records · best Jun, Jan

Qatar57 records · best Aug, Nov

Chad55 records · best Mar, Feb

Slovakia53 records · best May, Aug

Dominican Republic53 records · best Aug, Jul

Jordan47 records · best Jan, Mar

Liberia40 records · best Oct, Jan

Niger40 records · best Jul, Feb

Lesotho37 records · best Feb, Jan

Seychelles36 records · best Oct, Feb

Lebanon32 records · best Apr, Aug

Samoa30 records · best Jan, May

Mali28 records · best Jan, Oct

Guinea27 records · best Jan, Nov

Albania25 records · best Jun, May

Fiji25 records · best Aug, Sep

Comoros24 records · best Sep, Oct

South Sudan24 records · best Feb, Nov

Iraq22 records · best Jun, Mar

Sierra Leone21 records · best Jan, Feb

Burkina Faso17 records · best Aug, Jan

Belarus12 records · best Feb, Jun

Mauritania12 records · best Dec, Jan

Togo12 records · best Nov, Jul

Tonga12 records · best Aug, Jul

Bosnia and Herzegovina11 records · best Jan, Feb

Bahrain11 records · best Jun, Apr

Syria9 records · best Oct, Jun

Lithuania8 records · best Jul, Dec

Montenegro8 records · best Sep, Jul

Haiti8 records · best Jul, Jan

North Macedonia5 records · best Apr, May

Latvia4 records · best Jan, Oct

Moldova4 records · best Feb, Apr

Andorra3 records · best Jan, Jun

Malta3 records · best Feb, Jun

Jamaica3 records · best Mar, May

Libya3 records · best Dec, Feb

Kosovo2 records · best Apr, Aug

Liechtenstein1 records · best Jan, Feb

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.