American Barn Owl
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American Barn Owl

Tyto furcata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Saguaro National Park
284 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,747 Verified sightings across all 85 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted Active throughout day and night

About the American Barn Owl

The American barn owl (Tyto furcata) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the western barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl, make up the barn owl, cosmopolitan in range. The 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 American barn owl is native to North and South America, and has been introduced to Hawaii.

The ashy-faced owl (T. glaucops) was for some time included in T. alba, and by some authors its populations from the Lesser Antilles still are. Based on DNA evidence, König, Weick & Becking (2009) recognised the American barn owl (T. furcata) and the Curaçao barn owl (T. bargei) as separate species, though the latter is now considered a subspecies of the American barn owl (T. furcata bargei; see #Subspecies, below).

The American barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. However, the largest-bodied race of barn owl, T. f. furcata from Cuba and Jamaica, is also an island race, albeit being found on more sizeable islands with larger... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Great Horned Owl
LC Endemic

Great Horned Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Bubo virginianus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Spotted Owl
NT

Spotted Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix occidentalis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Western Screech-Owl
LC

Western Screech-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Elf Owl
LC

Elf Owl

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Burrowing Owl
LC Endemic

Burrowing Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Athene cunicularia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Whiskered Screech-Owl
LC

Whiskered Screech-Owl

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Megascops trichopsis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Northern Pygmy-Owl
LC Endemic

Northern Pygmy-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glaucidium gnoma

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Flammulated Owl
LC

Flammulated Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Psiloscops flammeolus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Northern Saw-whet Owl
LC Endemic

Northern Saw-whet Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~10%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
4 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
5 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
7 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
8 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
<5%
9 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
10 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
12 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
13 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
14 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
15 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
16 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
17 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
18 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
<5%
19 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
<5%
20 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
21 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
22 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
23 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
24 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
25 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
<5%
26 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
27 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
28 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
29 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
30 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
31 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
32 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
33 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
34 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
35 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
36 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
37 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
38 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
39 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
40 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
41 Cajas National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
42 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
43 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
44 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
45 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
46 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
47 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
48 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
49 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
50 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Insufficient data
51 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
52 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
53 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
54 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
55 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
56 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
57 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
58 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
59 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
60 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
61 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
62 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
63 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
Insufficient data
64 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
65 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
66 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
67 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
68 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
69 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
70 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
71 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
72 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
73 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
74 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
75 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
76 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
77 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
78 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Insufficient data
79 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
80 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
81 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
82 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
Insufficient data
83 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
84 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
85 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a American Barn Owl in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a American Barn Owl sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 284 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see American Barn Owl in Saguaro National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for American Barn Owl in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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