Tyto javanica
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Barn Owl sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Barn Owl in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June and October–December, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Eastern Barn Owl sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Sundarbans National Park (India, about 10%) and Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (Australia, under 5%).
Same order: Strigiformes
The closest relatives of the Eastern Barn Owl that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (order Strigiformes, Owls) are Collared Owlet (about 20%), Rajah Scops Owl (about 10%) and Mountain Scops-Owl (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Barn Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
