Talk:Barn Owl

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This page is a re-direst from the Barn owl Family page. Is there a page for the family itself? There is more to Tytonidae than just this one species! I'm prepared to do that page, if there aren't any objections.Sabine 17:50, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

  • I've started a Barn owl Family page at Barn owls, but it needs some narrative, and probably a better title to distinguish it from Barn Owl.Mwng 09:23, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Finally gotten round to filling in family info.Sabine's Sunbird 03:47, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Reversion

I think that a new contributor here might be a little confused about how to go about editing a page, and they deleted the taxobox, and removed almost all formatting. I reverted them because it was such a dramatic reduction in the aesthetic appeal, and also because it looks like some information was removed.

Still, there was probably a lot of salvagable content in the edit, which is why I invite editors to incorporate the text made in this edit into the article. Thanks. -Frazzydee|✍ 00:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

  • It looks like all the formatting was removed, but I couldn't find any new material. Sabine's Sunbird 04:25, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map

The map is at least slightly wrong, Barn Owls are definitely found in southern Ontario WilyD 15:42, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

  • It also has them in New Caledonia, which is incorrect. Still, it's a reasonably accurate map. Sabine's Sunbird talk 17:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photograph in taxobox

Perhaps one of the other colour photographs would be better in the taxobox. Snowman 14:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barn Owls in general

Barn owls are such beautiful birds! And they're a very unique speicies with their 'moon faces'. I would love to have one for a pet, but that would be cruel. (under most circumstances)

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. In my opinion barn owls' 'moon faces' as you put it make they're heads look like some sort of heart-shaped plate.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.146.65.185 (talk • contribs).
Sorry to interrupt, but talk pages are not forums for general discussion. Please keep discourse related to improving the encyclopedia. Thanks. — Feezo (Talk) 23:53, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barn Owl (5 votes) collaboration for December 2007

Nominated May 25, 2007;

Support:

  1. MeegsC | Talk 13:23, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  2. Shrewpelt 01:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  3. Jimfbleak 07:24, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
  4. Shyamal 07:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
  5. Totnesmartin (talk) 12:09, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

  • An intriguing global species with (currently) a pretty short article. MeegsC | Talk 13:23, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • A very interesting species, with a few good pictures. Shrewpelt 01:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Should this species article be renamed "Common Barn Owl"?

  • Strigidae redirects to True owl
  • Tytonidae could then redirect to Barn owl

Other redirects would need to be corrected, too, but NBD. Thoughts?--Tombstone (talk) 17:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose for now. The IUCN, Birdlife International, AOU, Gill and Wright's recommended Bird Names [1] all refer to the species as Barn Owl, and the family as Barn owls. This is a cosmopolitan species with a well recognised common name. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:42, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose as above Jimfbleak (talk) 06:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Screech Owl

If this is the owl typically considered the "Screech Owl", then I think there should be a section on its place in folklore (Lillith, Romanian Shtriga/Strix) as a vampiric child-killer.Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 07:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opossums v Possums

Recently an edit was reverted from Possums to Opossums however it should be remembered that the Barn Owl is also found outside North America and Possums could be a threat to this species in other parts of the world (ie Australia.....where Possums also exist) Aviceda talk 02:42, 30 May 2008 (UTC)