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title: "Eastern Barn Owl"
description: "Tyto javanica — Aves. The Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/eastern-barn-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Barn Owl

> Tyto javanica — Aves. The Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto.

- Scientific name: *Tyto javanica*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3566
- Wikidata: [Q30588297](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30588297)
- iNaturalist taxon: [370399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370399)

## Names

- en: Eastern Barn Owl
- de: Sunda-Schleiereule
- es: Lechuza común oriental
- fr: Effraie orientale
- nl: Oostelijke kerkuil

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1648), IN (826), TH (170), ID (145), MY (111), CN (77), LK (49), VN (36), KH (22), SG (20), NC (18), NP (18)

## Summary

The Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto.  The cosmopolitan 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 eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand, and Australasia.
The eastern barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. They specialise in hunting animals…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_barn_owl

## Photo

![Eastern Barn Owl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-barn-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112394556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-barn-owl?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).