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.

1/ African grass owl (Cú lợn đồng cỏ châu Phi or Cú lợn lưng nâu, Tyto capensis)
2/ Barn owl (Cú lợn lưng xám, Tyto alba), also known as the common barn owl

3/ Eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica)

4/ Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris), also known as Chinese grass owl or Australasian grass owl
Some authorities consider this owl to be conspecific with the African grass owl, Tyto capensis, other consider it to be a valid species.

Strigiformes, Strigidae: from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
Tyto: Greek tuto owl, night-owl.