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Barn Owl

Barn Owl - Nest

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» La Matanza de Acentejo, Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» July, 1988

Equipment

» Praktica MTL5 with 50 mm lens

Bird Species

»Tyto alba - Western Barn Owl

Bird Species (French)

»Effraie des clochers

Bird Family

»Tytonidae - Barn Owls

Bird Group

»Strigiformes Owl

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» The image shows a typical nesting cavity of the species in the Canary Islands, using a small lava tube. In the floor of it there are many fresh and old pellets, and in the background there is a bird. The subspecies present in the central and western islands of the Canaries is Tyto alba alba

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