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western barn owl

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A barn owl of the subspecies Tyto alba alba, endemic to western Eurasia and most of Africa.

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: curuxa — Tyto alba furcata
  • Breton: grell wenn — Tyto alba furcata
  • Bulgarian: забулена сова (zabulena sova) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Catalan: òliba — Tyto alba furcata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉鴞 /仓鸮 (cāngxiāo) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Corsican: malacedda — Tyto alba furcata
  • Czech: sova pálená — Tyto alba furcata
  • Danish: slørugle — Tyto alba furcata
  • Dutch: kerkuil — Tyto alba furcata
  • Esperanto: turstrigo — Tyto alba furcata
  • Finnish: tornipöllö — Tyto alba furcata
  • French: chat-huant — Tyto alba furcata
  • French: chouette effraie — Tyto alba furcata
  • West-Frisian: goudûle — Tyto alba furcata
  • Galician: curuxa — Tyto alba furcata
  • Georgian: ბუხრინწა (buxrinc̣a) — Tyto alba furcata
  • German: Schleiereule — Tyto alba furcata
  • German: Baumkauz — Tyto alba furcata
  • German: Waldkauz — Tyto alba furcata
  • Hebrew: תנשמת לבנה — Tyto alba furcata
  • Hebrew: שעיר (sa'ir) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Hungarian: gyöngybagoly — Tyto alba furcata
  • Japanese: メンフクロウ (menfukurō) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Korean: 원숭이올빼미 (wonsung'iolppaemi) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Lithuanian: liepsnotoji pelėda — Tyto alba furcata
  • Luxembourgish: Tureil — Tyto alba furcata
  • Malay: burung pungguk jelapang — Tyto alba furcata
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളിമൂങ്ങ (veḷḷimūṅṅa) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Manx: hullad rhullickey — Tyto alba furcata
  • Marathi: गव्हाणी घुबड (gavhāṇī ghubaḍ) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Nahuatl: chīcuahtli — Tyto alba furcata
  • Navajo: biniiʼłigaii — Tyto alba furcata
  • Norwegian: tårnugle — Tyto alba furcata
  • Persian: جغد انبار — Tyto alba furcata
  • Polish: płomykówka zwyczajna — Tyto alba furcata
  • Portuguese: coruja-das-torres — Tyto alba furcata
  • Russian: сипу́ха (sipúxa) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Russian: сыч (syč) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Sardinian: istrìa — Tyto alba furcata
  • Scottish Gaelic: comhachag — Tyto alba furcata
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukuvija — Tyto alba furcata
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukuvija drijemavica — Tyto alba furcata
  • Slovak: plamienka driemavá — Tyto alba furcata
  • Slovene: pegasta sova — Tyto alba furcata
  • Spanish: lechuza blanca — Tyto alba furcata
  • Sundanese: koréak — Tyto alba furcata
  • Swedish: tornuggla — Tyto alba furcata
  • Thai: นกแสก (nók-sɛ̀ɛk) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Tongan: lulu — Tyto alba furcata
  • Turkish: peçeli baykuş — Tyto alba furcata
  • Ukrainian: сипуха (sypuxa) — Tyto alba furcata
  • Welsh: tylluan wen — Tyto alba furcata
  • Yámana: sírra — Tyto alba furcata