User:Scarey1461/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
American barn owl

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I'm fond of owls, and it is important to readily provide information about such essential creatures. My immediate impression was that the article was very in-depth.

Evaluate the article

 * Several paragraphs are lacking citations at the end.
 * "The barn owl has been successfully introduced into the Hawaiian island of Kauai in an attempt to control rodents; however, it has been found to also feed on native birds." - This sentence seems out of place within the Description section. In fact, it seems superfluous and not necessary for the article.
 * Overall, I found this article to be well written and organized. The introduction paragraph does a fine job of breaking down the taxonomy of the species. I believe this article would benefit from a display of the species's conservation concern in its sidebar as many other animal articles have. The description section is extremely in-depth and informative, however the final sentence should be cut. The Diet and Feeding section has some particularly egregious examples of uncited claims, such as "Farmers often find these owls more effective than poison in keeping down rodent pests." Under the Lifespan section, the sentence, "Collisions with power-lines kill some birds", isn't particularly connected with barn owls and has no citation for any research on power line-induced barn owl death. The Subspecies section is laid out excellently.