| Tyto Temporal range:
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| African grass owl, Tyto capensis The "grass owls" are two rather long-legged species of Tyto. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Tytonidae |
| Subfamily: | Tytoninae |
| Genus: | Tyto Billberg, 1828 |
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| Strix flammea[1] = Strix alba Linnaeus, 1766
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Tyto is a genus of birds consisting of true barn owls, grass owls and masked owls that collectively make up all the species within the subfamily Tytoninae of the barn owl family, Tytonidae.
- ^ "Strigidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.