American Barn Owl

Tyto furcata

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
FamilyTytonidae (Barn Owls)
GenusTyto (Barn, Masked, Grass, and Sooty Owls)
SpeciesTyto furcata (American Barn Owl)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tikal National Park

1 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

2,747 Verified sightings across all 85 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️🌙 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 Tikal National Park

Strix virgata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Megascops guatemalae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Glaucidium brasilianum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Strix nigrolineata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Glaucidium griseiceps

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

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American Barn Owl

About the American Barn Owl

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found