Barn owl: Difference between revisions

[[File:Tyto Alba Skeleton.jpg|thumb|100px|left|A skeleton of a typical tytonid, (''[[tyto alba]]'')]]

Members of family tytonidae are moderately large birds with the ''[[Tyto alba]]'' having a wingspan ranging between forty-three and forty-seven inches long.<ref name=owling.com> [http://owling.com/Barn_nh.htm Barn Owl Biology] ''Owling.com''. Web. Accessed March 23, 2014. Author Unknown.</ref> The legs of these birds are comparatively longer than those of other owls. [[Owls]] of family Tytonidae are easily recognized by their heart-shaped [[facial disks]] and their "compressed" beaks.<ref name=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu>Cholewiak, Daniell [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Tytonidae/ Tytonidae barn owls, masked owls, and bay owls] ''Animal Diversity Web''. Web. Accessed March 21, 2014.</ref> The facial disk is a collection of feathers on the owl's face that assists the owl in hearing and vision.<ref name=Sky-hunters.org>[http://www.sky-hunters.org/Barn%20owl%20handout11-06.pdf Common Barn Owl – tyto alba] ''Sky-hunters.org''. Web. Accessed March 21, 2014. Author Unknown.</ref> Similar to many other birds of prey, the members of family tytonidae possess large talons.<ref name=owling.com/>