Current Expansion of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) (Tytonidae, Aves) in Northern Eurasia
Journal: Biology Bulletin
Year: 2024

In the northern part of Eurasia, until the mid-20th century, the barn owl (Tyto alba) was sporadically distributed only in the Baltic states, in the western parts of Belarus and Ukraine, and in Moldova. Once, in 1942, a vagrant bird was also caught in Turkmenistan. At the end of the 20th century, rare recordings of barn owls in Eastern Europe were reported, and, since the early 21st century, there has been pronounced expansion of these birds observed in the southern parts of Ukraine, Crimea, Cis