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Tytonidae

Barn Owls, Masked Owls, and relatives

Julia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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taxon links Monophyly UncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Strigiformes Interpreting the tree
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Topology built based on Wink et al. (2004) and relationships are consistent with those found in Wink et al. (2009). Multiple species remain to be analyzed.
Containing group: Strigiformes

Other Names for Tytonidae

References

Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CISRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia.

Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.9). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org. Accessed 25 July 2011.

Rasmussen, P.C. and Anderton, J.C. 2005. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.

Wink, M., H. Sauer-Gurth, and M. Fuchs. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in owls based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear marker genes. Raptors Worldwide: 517-526.

Wink, M., A. El-Sayed, H. Sauer-Gurth, and J. Gonzalez. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the mintochondrial Cytochrome b and the nuclear RAG-1 gene. Ardea 97(4): 581-591.

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Scientific Name Tyto rosenbergii rosenbergii
Location Tangkoko Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Sulawesi Owl (Tyto rosenbergii rosenbergii)
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2007 Lip Kee Yap
Scientific Name Tyto alba
Location Portugal
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Coruja das torres - Barn Owl - Tyto alba
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Joaquim Coelho
Scientific Name Phodilus badius
Location captive at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Body Part head
Source bay owl
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2005 Alan Wolf
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Julia Gulka at and David P. Mindell at

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Gulka, Julia and David P. Mindell. 2011. Tytonidae. Barn Owls, Masked Owls, and relatives. Version 31 July 2011 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Tytonidae/56737/2011.07.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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