British barn owl (Tito Alba)

British barn owl (Tyto Alba)

Scientific name: Tyto alba
Height: 330mm to 430mm
Geographical distribution: north, central and south America, Europe, Africa, southern and south-eastern Asia, Australasia
Habitat: grasslands, cultivations, scrub and forest edge
Diet: mostly rodents; occasionally small birds, bats and other prey
Status: widespread, locally threatened

Here are details of some of the barn owls we have at the sanctuary:

Female

British barn owls
Name Sex Hatched Status
Richmond Male 1995 Hand-tame
Baden-Powell Male 2009 Hand-tame
Fluffy Male 2004 Falconry owl
Wylie Male 2004 Hand-tame
Mistral Female 1997 Breeding Bird