Family

Barn Owls

Tytonidae

11 species in our catalog · found in 177 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Phodilus badius

Tyto javanica

Tyto furcata

Tyto glaucops

Tyto alba

Phodilus assimilis

Tyto multipunctata

Tyto novaehollandiae

Tyto longimembris

Tyto tenebricosa

Tyto capensis

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

0–10

Feb

0–10

Mar

0–10

Apr

0–10

May

0–10

Jun

0–10

Jul

0–10

Aug

0–10

Sep

0–10

Oct

10–20

Nov

0–10

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Barn Owls

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Way Kambas National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1	30–40%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			30–40%
2	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	20–30%
	Eastern Barn Owl			20–30%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			Insufficient data
3	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	20–30%
	American Barn Owl			20–30%
4	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2	10–20%
	Ashy-faced Owl			10–20%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
5	Berenty Reserve	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	10–20%
	Common Barn-Owl			10–20%
6	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Sri Lanka Bay-Owl			Insufficient data
7	Lorentz National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	10–20%
	Australasian Grass-Owl			0–10%
	Sooty Owl			0–10%
8	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	0–10%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			0–10%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
9	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1	0–10%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
10	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
11	Cajas National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
12	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	0–10%
	Sri Lanka Bay-Owl			0–10%
13	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
14	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3	0–10%
	Lesser Sooty Owl			0–10%
	Sooty Owl			Insufficient data
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
15	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	0–10%
	Common Barn-Owl			0–10%
16	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
17	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			0–10%
18	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	0–10%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
19	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	0–10%
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
20	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3	0–10%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
	Sooty Owl			Insufficient data
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
21	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	0–10%
	Eastern Barn Owl			0–10%
22	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
23	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			0–10%
24	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			0–10%
25	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	0–10%
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
26	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	0–10%
	American Barn Owl			0–10%
27	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
28	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
	Sooty Owl			Insufficient data
29	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	<5%
	African Grass-Owl			Insufficient data
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
30	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
31	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
32	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
33	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
34	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
35	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
36	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
37	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
38	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
39	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3	<5%
	Sooty Owl			<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
40	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
41	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
42	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
43	Namdapha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
44	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	<5%
	African Grass-Owl			Insufficient data
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
45	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
46	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
47	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
48	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
49	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
50	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
51	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
52	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
53	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
	African Grass-Owl			<5%
54	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
55	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
56	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
57	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
58	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
59	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
60	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
61	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
62	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
63	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
64	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
65	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
66	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
67	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
68	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
69	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
70	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
71	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
72	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
73	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
74	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
	African Grass-Owl			Insufficient data
75	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
76	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
77	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
78	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
79	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
80	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
81	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
82	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
83	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
84	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
85	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
86	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
87	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
88	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
89	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
90	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
91	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
92	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
93	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
94	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
95	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
96	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
97	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
98	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
	Australian Masked Owl			<5%
99	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
100	Lauca National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
101	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
102	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Sooty Owl			<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
103	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
104	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
105	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
106	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
107	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
108	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
109	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
110	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
111	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3	<5%
	Sooty Owl			<5%
	Australian Masked Owl			Insufficient data
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
112	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
113	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
114	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
115	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
116	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
117	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
118	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
119	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
120	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
121	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
122	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
123	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
124	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
125	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
126	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
127	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
128	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
129	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
130	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
131	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
132	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
133	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
134	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
135	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
136	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
137	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
138	Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
139	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
140	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
141	Khao Luang National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			Insufficient data
142	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
143	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
144	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			<5%
145	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
146	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
147	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
148	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
149	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
150	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
151	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
152	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
153	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			<5%
154	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
155	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
156	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
157	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
158	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
159	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			<5%
160	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
161	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
162	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
163	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Eastern Barn Owl			Insufficient data
164	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
165	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
166	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
167	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
168	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
169	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
170	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
171	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Barn-Owl			Insufficient data
172	Torres del Paine National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
173	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
174	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1	<5%
	Oriental Bay-Owl			Insufficient data
175	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
176	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data
177	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	American Barn Owl			Insufficient data

Barn Owls

Species in this group

Oriental Bay-Owl

Eastern Barn Owl

American Barn Owl

Ashy-faced Owl

Common Barn-Owl

Sri Lanka Bay-Owl

Lesser Sooty Owl

Australian Masked Owl

Australasian Grass-Owl

Sooty Owl

African Grass-Owl

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Barn Owls

Parks Ranked