White-Breasted Barn Owl (Tyto alba alba) is a medium sized owl, with relatively long legs, and heart shaped facial disk. The owl varies in coloration depending on race, from pale birds with white under-parts and pale buff upper-parts; to some island races, which have rufous buff under-parts and dark grey (gray) upper-parts.
Common sounds made include hisses, snores, and wheezes. They mainly feed on small mammals, particularly rodents, but also small birds, reptiles, frogs and sometimes insects. The Owl makes nest often in natural cavity in a tree trunk, stump or branch, as well as on cliffs and in caves. The Owl prefers open lowlands, particularly areas including rough grassland, but also plantations, heath, marsh, coastal regions, and savannah.
White-Breasted Barn Owl is commonly seen throughout India.
