Where has the Barn Owl been recorded?

Tyto alba occurrence evidence comes from 20,879 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1864 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

• 20,879 records
• 57 places
• 153 years recorded
• Aves class

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Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Barn Owl has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Barn Owl. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Tytonidae.

American Barn Owl

2,488 records

Eastern Barn Owl

436 records