Recent Barn Owl Records in Minnesota

摘要

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is listed as an Accidental species by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (Minnesota Ornithologists' Union 2018), as there have been accepted reports in two or fewer of the last ten years. The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology lists it as Casual (Wisconsin Society for Ornithology 2017), with one record in at least every five years. The Iowa Ornithologists' Union classifies it as Regular, occurring in at least eight of the last ten years (Iowa Ornithologists' Union 2018). The state of Minnesota does not classify the Barn Owl as Endangered, Threatened, or a Species of Special Concern (State of Minnesota 2013). The species has no listing status in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 2017), but it is considered Endangered in Iowa (State of Iowa 2010).