Tyto

**Tyto**
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Common name
	العربية: طيطونية; مصرى: بعفه; Kotava: Murtoyek; azərbaycanca: Alabayquş; български: Същински забулени сови; чӑвашла: Хăйăлти; Deutsch: Schleiereulen; Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Schleiereulen; Ελληνικά: Τυτώ; Esperanto: Turstrigo; فارسی: جغدهای انباری; suomi: Tornipöllöt; français: Effraie; Frysk: Goudûlen; עברית: תנשמת; latviešu: Plīvurpūces; polski: Płomykówki; русский: Сипухи; anarâškielâ: tornâoppuuh; Sunda: Belekék; ไทย: นกแสก; Türkçe: Peçeli baykuş; українська: Сипуха; Tiếng Việt: Chi Cú lợn; 中文: 草鸮属; 中文（中国大陆）: 草鸮属; 中文（简体）: 草鸮属; 中文（臺灣）: 草鴞屬;
Taxonomy
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Orionides
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Infraclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Strigiformes
Family	Tytonidae
Subfamily	Tytoninae
Genus
	Tyto; Billberg, 1828
Authority file
	Q375716; J9U entity ID: 987007558589205171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 56312; ITIS TSN: 177850; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45509441; Fossilworks taxon ID: 39409; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2497905; ZooBank ID for name or act: 02CAB7E7-8939-456B-BBA7-CE4A39AA7DBF; Fauna Europaea ID: 97033; Plazi ID: A9254149-9FB8-DF0E-F6BD-9779BD44FFDC; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: f1f98216-a3c4-4b2e-ad83-171a410c8434; EPPO Code: 1TYTOG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 20414; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530684; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 3794; ADW taxon ID: Tyto; uBio ID: 4823304
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Strigiformes • Familia: Tytonidae • Genus: Tyto Billberg, 1828

Vernacular names

English: Barn Owls, Masked Owls
azərbaycanca: Alabayquş
български: Забулени сови
বাংলা: টাইটো
Deutsch: Schleiereulen
Ελληνικά: Τυτώ
Esperanto: Turstrigo
فارسی: جغدهای انبار
suomi: Tornipöllöt
français: Effraie
Frysk: Goudûlen
latviešu: Plīvurpūces
polski: Płomykówki
русский: Сипухи
ไทย: นกแสก
Türkçe: Peçeli baykuş
українська: Сипуха
Tiếng Việt: Chi Cú lợn
中文: 草鸮属

Included species (for IOC classification 7.2):

T. alba, T. aurantia, T. capensis, T. deroepstorffi, T. furcata, T. glaucops, T. inexspectata, T. javanica, T. longimembris, T. manusi, T. multipunctata, T. nigrobrunnea, T. novaehollandiae, T. rosenbergii, T. sororcula, T. soumagnei, T. tenebricosa

Note: Tyto delicatula has been renamed Tyto javanica
Note: The genusTyto includes all Barn Owls (family Tytonidae), except for the Bay Owls (subfamily Phodilinae, genus Phodilus).
IOC link: Tyto Billberg, 1828 subcat