Order: Strigifromes
Family: Tytonidae
Tyto alba
Common Barn Owl

Maximum size: 39 cm long / 95 cm wingspan.
Habitat
They prefer human settlements, abandoned building sites, belfries, towers, castles, barns, etc. They can also be seen in clearings, pastures, meadows, etc. They benefit from hollows in trees and rocky areas in order to make their nests, although they prefer clear spaces in farmland-fields.
They feed on mice, shrews, small moles, small birds such as starlings, sparrows, tits, as well as on insects, amphibians and reptiles. They are easier to be seen in winter as they become less evasive due to the shortage of prey. Their breeding season starts in April. Their enemies are the Real Owls.
They can easily be seen in urban areas in Iberian Peninsula. They can be seen all-year-round.