Tyto javanica
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In 3 days <5%
The Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the American barn owl group, the western barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl make up the genus Tyto. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The eastern barn owl is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand, and Australasia.
The eastern barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. They specialise in hunting animals on the ground, and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, after which a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a tree hollow, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Patna | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Nashik | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Tiruchirappalli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Karachi | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 10 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Barn Owl sighting in Vadodara on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 151st most-seen of the 168 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Barn Owl in Vadodara on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Barn Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
29th of 43
Of the 43 cities where we can rate Eastern Barn Owl sightings, Vadodara ranks 29th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kollam (India, about 10%), Patna (India, about 10%) and Kathmandu (Nepal, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Barn Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Vadodara (11 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
