Eastern Barn Owl
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Eastern Barn Owl

Tyto javanica

Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kaziranga National Park
9 Verified sightings at Kaziranga National Park From 2019 to 2026
409 Verified sightings across all 35 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted Active throughout day and night

About the Eastern Barn Owl

The Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand, and Australasia.

The eastern barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. They specialise in hunting animals on the ground, and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, after which a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a tree hollow, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly.

König proposed that Tyto alba delicatula should be split off as a separate species, to be known as the eastern barn owl, which would include the subspecies T. d. sumbaensis, T. d. meeki, T. d. crassirostris and T. d. interposita. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park

Asian Barred Owlet
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Asian Barred Owlet

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Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Spotted Owlet
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Brown Fish-Owl
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Brown Fish-Owl

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Brown Boobook
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Brown Boobook

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Oriental Scops Owl
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Oriental Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus sunia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Collared Owlet
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Collared Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium brodiei

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Collared Scops Owl
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Collared Scops Owl

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Otus lettia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Brown Wood Owl
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Strix leptogrammica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

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Ketupa nipalensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
2 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
4 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
14 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
15 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
16 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
18 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
19 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
20 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
21 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
22 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
23 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
24 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
25 Cape Range 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
26 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
27 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
28 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
29 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
30 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
31 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
32 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
33 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
34 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
35 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Eastern Barn Owl in Kaziranga National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Eastern Barn Owl sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Eastern Barn Owl in Kaziranga National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Eastern Barn Owl in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.

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