Barn Owl facts: the other kind of owl | Animal Fact Files

The common name "barn owl" may be in reference to a single species, but it can also describe the group of approximately twenty living species in the barn owl family. The barn owl family includes any owls not classified as "true" owls and they all have heart-shaped faces. There are sooty owls, masked owls, grass owls, and bay owls in the barn owl family. These owls have longer and lower positioned beaks along with their fancy faces. Barn owls are found on nearly every continent making them a cosmopolitan group of birds! Scientific Name: Family - Tytonidae Range: all continents except Antartica Size: 12-40in (30-102cm) wingpsan; 1.7-18lb (800g-8kg) weight Diet: small mammals like rodents and rabbits, insects, birds, reptiles, etc. Lifespan: 15+ years Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I-tWt_22jk China News Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqFCa6sGJY Credits via Flickr: Richard Bonnett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnyboy/4602544437 b3tarev3 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/b3tarev3/23304126204 Credits via Wiki Users: The Nature Box - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barn_owl_(Tyto_alba)_in_Avon_Valley.webm; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barn_Owl_(Tyto_alba).webm Elsafreestyle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SOOTY_OWL_@_SCRUBBY_CREEK_21APRIL15_(2).JPG JJ Harrison - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyto_novaehollandiae_castanops_male_1_-_Port_Arthur.jpg Other attributions: caquet - https://freesound.org/people/caquet/sounds/221164 chris_dagorne - https://freesound.org/people/chris_dagorne/sounds/181357 Christopher Taylor - https://vimeo.com/72251501; https://vimeo.com/72236855 CLAi - https://vimeo.com/315778986 Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden - https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/718030; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/717549; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/719027 Websites used for research collection: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177849#null https://www.google.com/books/edition/Barn_Owls/-lfPDwAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Birds_of_Prey_of_the_World/I8p7AgAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Owls_of_the_World_A_Photographic_Guide/_edfAwAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Birds_of_Prey_of_the_World/I8p7AgAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Owls/gfc8CwAAQBAJ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tytonidae https://nhpbs.org/wild/Tytonidae.asp https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/overview https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/lifehistory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn-owl https://www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=240 This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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