What is Common barn owl?
{{Taxobox | image = Barn owl.jpg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | subclassis = [[Modern birds|Neornithes]] | infraclassis = [[Neognathae]] | superordo = [[Neognathae|Neoaves]] | ordo = [[Owl|Strigiformes]] | familia = [[Tytonidae]] | subfamilia = [[Tyto]]ninae | genus = ''[[Tyto]]'' | species = '''''T. alba''''' | binomial = ''Tyto alba'' | binomial_authority = ([[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scopoli]], 1769) | range_map = | range_map_width = | range_map_caption = | synonyms = ''Strix alba'' <small>Scopoli, 1769</small><br> ''Strix pratincola'' <small>[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1838</small><br> ''Tyto delicatula'' <small>[[John Gould|Gould]], 1837</small> }} [[File:Tyto alba guttata MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.154.8.jpg|thumb|''Tyto alba guttata'']] The '''common barn owl''' (''Tyto alba'') is a species of [[owl]] in the [[genus]] ''Tyto''. It is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. The barn owl family [[Tytonidae]] is one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls ([[Strigidae]]). It is known by many other names in different parts of the world, which is one of the problems with 'common names'. It is one of the main reasons [[Linnaeus]] invented his system of [[Binomial nomenclature|scientific naming]]. This owl has long wings, a pale face, and a square-shaped tail. It lives in rural areas like [[farm]]s and [[woodland]]. The barn owl has a [[wing span]] of 75–110&nbsp;cm and its body length measures up to around 25–50&nbsp;cm. It weighs between 187 and 800 grams. Barn owls' [[breeding season]] is [[Spring (season)|spring]]. It breeds in nests in trees. It eats small mammals, reptiles, fish, insects and smaller birds. ==Ecology== [[File:Kerkuil licht en donker.jpg|thumb|right|A (male) ''Tyto alba alba''-type (left) and a (female) ''T. a. guttata''-type Barn Owl in the Netherlands, where these [[subspecies]] intergrade]] '