page_title: List of birds of Honduras
section_title: Barn-owls
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Honduras / Barn-owls
context_page_description: The avifauna of Honduras included a total of 766 species as of August 2015, according to La Asociación Hondureña de Ornitología. Between that date and July 2020, an additional 21 species have been added from Bird Checklists of the World and one as a result of a split.
  Of the 788 species listed here, one of them, the Honduran emerald, is endemic. Forty-eight are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. Five species are hypothetical and a few have insufficient information to classify. Some of the "hypothetical" species have more recent eBird records with photographs. Two species have possibly been extirpated. Sixteen species are globally vulnerable or endangered.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
context_section_description: Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae
  Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
  Barn owl, Tyto alba
caption: Barn owl
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