Western Barn-Owl

Western Barn-Owl or Common Barn-Owl, Tyto alba is a species of Tyto owl. It is closely related to the Andaman Masked-Owl, T. deroepstorffi (König et al. 1999, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005) and the Eastern Barn-Owl, Tyto delicatula (Wink et al. 2004b, Christidis & Boles 2008), in which were split from the Western.

Description
A pale owl with white heart-shaped face enclosing dark, beady eyes. In flight appears large-headed and short-tailed in flight; ghostly white in headlight beams. The Barn Owl's body length is 33-39 cm (13-14") with a wing span of 80-95 cm (31.5-37.4").

Diet
The Barn Owl has a diet of voles, mice and shrews. In smaller amounts it will also take a vast array of other food including larger insects, reptiles, fish, and smaller birds.