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Tyto alba
Common Barn Owl
Montezuma Castle National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Common Barn Owl
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Strigiformes, Family Tytonidae, Genus Tyto, Species Tyto alba


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Antietam National Battlefield	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chiricahua National Monument	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Dinosaur National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fossil Butte National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Golden Spike National Historical Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Haleakala National Park	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Muir National Historic Site	Joshua Tree National Park
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Manzanar National Historic Site
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rainier National Park
National Park of American Samoa	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Olympic National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Redwood National Park
Saguaro National Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shiloh National Military Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Vicksburg National Military Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	12/3/2008

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 12:31:44 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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