References

Books:
Bunn, D.S. 1982. The Barn Owl. Buteo Books, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Taylor, I. 1994. Barn Owls. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA.
Sparks, J. and Soper, T. 1970. Owls Their Natural and Unnatural History. Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA.

Websites:
Animal Diversity Web 2002. <URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Tyto_alba/>. Accessed 21 February 2013. 
Barn Owl (Tyto alba). University of Florida IFAS Extension. <URL:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/UW/UW21600.pdf>. Accessed 10 March 2013.
The Barn Owl Trust 2012. <URL: http://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/index.html>. Accessed 6 April 2013.
Encylopedia of Life 2013. <URL:http://eol.org/pages/914939/overview>. Accessed 29 March 2013.
 
Online Journals:
Konishi, M. 1973. How the owl tracks its prey. American Scientist 100: 494-503.
Roulin, A. and Arnaud Da Silva and Ruppli, C.A. 2012. Dominant nestlings displaying female-like melanin coloration behave altruistically in the barn owl. The Journal Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour 84:1229-1236. 

 

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