Barn Owl

Tyto is Greek for night owl. Alba is derived from the Latin word albus, meaning white.

Yondja (yon’cha).

Found throughout Australia.

Up to 38 centimetres long with a wingspan up to 100 centimetres.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 1,146km. The oldest bird was recovered dead 7 years 8.1 months after being banded (information as at 23 August 2018).

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme  http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.htm

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/86fb93fd-4551-4b38-9a12-62b6b433729b