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150+ Best Barn Owl Names

The common barn owl (Latin Tyto alba) is a bird of prey of the barn owl family. The most common species in the world of the genus Barn.

Below you can find a name for your barn owl.

Old English Names for Barn Owls

  • Common Owl
  • Golden Owl
  • Barnyard Owl
  • Church Owl
  • Billy Wise
  • Cherubim
  • Cave Owl
  • Oolert
  • White Breasted Owl
  • Gilli-Howlett
  • Madge Howlett
  • Hoolet
  • Billy Wix
  • Yellow Owl
  • Demon Owl
  • Silver Owl
  • Berthuan
  • Hissing Owl
  • Moggy
  • Dobby Owl
  • Scritch Owl
  • Hobgoblin Owl
  • Gil-Hooter
  • Night Owl
  • Jenny Howlet
  • Farmer’s Friend
  • White Owl
  • Death Owl
  • Rat Owl
  • Ghost Owl
  • Roarer
  • Stone Owl
  • Monkey-faced Owl
  • Screech Owl
  • Hobby Owl
  • Screaming Owl
  • White Hootlet
  • Billy Whit
  • Straw Owl
  • Delicate Owl
  • Ullet
  • Woolert

Barn Owl – Latin Names

  • bubo, bubonis, masc. – this is your standard, vanilla “owl”
  • noctua, noctuae, fem. – this one is your “night-owl”
  • parra, parrae, fem. – this one is your owl as a bird of ill-omen
  • strix, strigis fem – a “screech-owl”
  • ulula, ululae, fem. → the “screech-owl” again

Scientific Names for Barn Owls

  • Tyto capensis capensis
  • Tyto capensis cameroonensis
  • Tyto capensis damarensis
  • Tyto capensis liberatus.
  • Tyto novaehollandiae manusi
  • Tyto novaehollandiae sororcula
  • Tyto novaehollandiae castanops
  • Tyto nigrobrunnea – Black-brown barn owl or Taglabu
  • Tyto rosenbergii – Sulawesian barn owl
  • Tyto sororcula – Small barn owl
  • Tyto soumagnei – Madagascar barn owl
  • Tyto tenebricosa – Large black barn owl
  • Tyto capensis – African or herbal barn owl
  • Tyto aurantia – Golden or bismarck barn owl
  • Tyto castanops – Tasmanian or burrow barn owl
  • Tyto deroepstorffi – Andaman barn owl
  • Tyto detorta – Cape Verde Barn owl
  • Tyto glaucops – Ash-faced barn owl
  • Tyto inexspectata – Minakhas barn owl
  • Tyto longimembris – Oriental herbal barn owl
  • Tyto manusi – Manus barn owl
  • Tyto multipunctata – Small black barn owl
  • Tyto navaehollandiae – Australian barn owl
Alice White

Written by Alice White

Alice White, a devoted pet lover and writer, has turned her boundless affection for animals into a fulfilling career. Originally dreaming of wildlife, her limited scientific background led her to specialize in animal literature. Now she happily spends her days researching and writing about various creatures, living her dream.

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