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= = =**Barn owl (tyto Alba) **= =The barn owl is a living thing because it breaths and it has 34 cells = = = = = =__CHARICTERISTICS __= = = = = =A) __it grows and develops __= = = =When a baby owl is only 12 days old its body is partially covered in down and tiny quills its head is almost entirely bald and the face will develop later. The eyes are still cloudy and unfocussed the 12 day baby is fed 4 times a day the baby owl even though that is still young it can still swallow chunks of mouse or chicken complete with skin ,bone ,feather all of which are essential to her physical development = = = = = = = = = = = = = =At 8 weeks it ways /400g = = The owlet reaches its full body weight within the first few weeks of its life. The baby fat gets stored in its muscle and feathers the barn owl usually leaves the nest when it has met its full body weight = = = = = = = =B) __its reproduce __= = usually 3-6 eggs are laid it takes about 21-28 days for the baby egglets to hatch = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =__Reproduce__= =Owls reproduce via sexual reproduction meaning that a male owl and a female owl mate. Once they have mated, the female owl lays eggs in a nest she has built specifically for that purpose.= =__the wing span and wheight__= =scientific name: (tyoto alba)= = = = = =population status: least concern= = = = = =body length:14-20 inches(35-50) cm= = = = = =wings span: 3-1/2 feet (1m)= = = =weight: 8-21 ounces (266-595g)= =__How it catches its prey__= =[]= = = = Barn owls use very good hearing, very good eyesight, silent flight and very sharp, strong talons to catch their prey. The Barn owl will fly up and down fields and hedge rows, using its ears, mainly,but also uses their eyes = = The barn owl will dive head first onto its prey streching its feet out onto its prey and closing it eyes and feeling its pery with its hair ounce the owl grabs its prey it will not let go until it has landed = = = =__Habittat and shelter__= =north america, southamerica europe,africa ,india. south asia,and australia it is hard to the bird to survive in the winter they usually live in nest in a tree and if there are no tres they will buid a nest on the ground or they will find shelter in a barn they are found in an open wood land caves and wells and old abandon bulidings= =__Respond to its enviourment__= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 * ~ =Barn Owl= ||
 * = =[[image:http://stormhawks2013.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=220&h=266 width="220" height="266" link="/wiki/File:Tyto_alba_-British_Wildlife_Centre,_Surrey,_England-8a_(1).jpg"]]= ||
 * = =//Tyto alba alba// at British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England= ||
 * ~ =Conservation status= ||
 * = [[image:http://stormhawks2013.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=220&h=59 width="220" height="59"]] Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) = ||
 * ~ =Scientific classification= ||
 * =Kingdom:= || = Animalia = ||
 * =Phylum:= || = Chordata = ||
 * =Class:= || = Aves = ||
 * =Subclass:= || = Neornithes = ||
 * =Infraclass:= || = Neognathae = ||
 * =Superorder:= || = Neoaves = ||
 * =Order:= || = Strigiformes = ||
 * =Family:= || = Tytonidae = ||
 * =Subfamily:= || = Tytoninae = ||
 * =Genus:= || = //Tyto// = ||
 * =Species:= || = //**T. alba**// = ||
 * ~ =Binomial name= ||
 * = =** //Tyto alba// ** (Scopoli, 1769) = ||
 * = =[[image:http://stormhawks2013.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=220&h=102 width="220" height="102" link="/wiki/File:Schleiereule-Tyto_alba-World.png"]]= ||
 * = =Global range in green= ||
 * ~ =Synonyms= ||
 * < =//Strix alba// Scopoli, 1769 //Strix pratincola// Bonaparte, 1838 //Tyto delicatula// Gould, 1837 = ||

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