American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) [XC700903]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Tequixquiac, Tequixquiac, State of Mexico, Mexico (nocturnal flight call)
American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) [XC623878]
by Jonathan Candil M\u00e9ndez from Tocancip\u00e1, Cundinamarca, Colombia (aberrant, duet)
Subspecies
The following 12 subspecies are recognised:
pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) - Southern Canada southern at least to Mexico. Also Bermuda, Bahamas and Hispaniola. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
guatemalae (Ridgway, 1874) - Guatemala and perhaps southern Mexico to Panama (including Pearl Is), possibly to western Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
bondi Parkes & Phillips, AR, 1978 - Bay Is (Roatán, Guanaja), off northern Honduras. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
niveicauda Parkes & Phillips, AR, 1978 - I of Pines. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
furcata (Temminck, 1827) - Cuba, Cayman Is and Jamaica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
nigrescens (Lawrence, 1878) - Dominica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
insularis (Pelzeln, 1872) - St Vincent, Bequia, Union, Carriacou and Grenada. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
bargei (Hartert, 1892) - Curaçao, and possibly also Bonaire. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
contempta (Hartert, 1898) - Western Venezuela, Colombia (except W?), Ecuador and Peru. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
hellmayri Griscom & Greenway, 1937 - Eastern Venezuela (including Margarita I) through the Guianas to northern Brazil (south to Amazon). Also Trinidad and Tobago. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
tuidara (Gray, JE, 1828) - Brazil (south of Amazon) south to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
punctatissima (Gould & Gray, GR, 1838) - Galapagos Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
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