other Owls

 


 

 

 MILKY EAGLE OWL/ VERREAUX'S EAGLE OWL – Bubo lacteus

  
Milky Eagle Owl  Giant Eagle Owl  Verreaux's Eagle Owl 

The Milky Eagle Owl, also known as Verreaux's and the Giant Eagle Owl, comes from sub-Saharan Africa. Africa's largest owl, it is also one of the largest owls in the world (after the Eurasian Eagle Owl and Blakiston's Fish Owl) at up to 75 cm length and a 2 metre wingspan. It has distinctive pink upper eyelids. It hunts mainly by night and sleeps by day.
 
 

 BOOBOOK OWL – Ninox novaeseelandiae (also Ninox boobook)

  
Boobook Owl  Mopoke/Morepork  Boobook Owls 

The Boobook Owl (also Southern Boobook) comes from Australasia. It is also called the Mopoke and Morepork in New Zealand. (Boobook and Mopoke come from the small owl's two syllable call.)

It has several other regional names including Spotted Hawk Owl.
 
 

 FERRUGINOUS PYGMY OWL – Glaucidium brasilianum

  
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  Ferruginous Pygmy Owl 

The Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, as its scientific name indicates, comes from Brazil, but also the southeast USA, Central America to Northern Argentina.

Much smaller than the Little Owl at only 15 cm long, it nests in small holes in trees and cacti. It eats mainly grasshoppers and crickets but also takes small reptiles and mammals.
     
     

 RUSTY-BARRED OWL – Strix hylophila

    
Rusty-barred Owl  Rusty-barred Owl   

The Rusty-barred Owl lives in forests of south Brazil, north Argentina and Paraguay.
     
     

 ASHY-FACED OWL – Tyto glaucops

 ORIENTAL BAY OWL – Phodilus badius

 SUNDA FISHING OWL – Ketupa ketupu javanensis
Ashy-faced Owl  Oriental Bay Owl  Sunda Fishing Owl 
Related to the Barn Owl, the Ashy-faced Owl comes from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Oriental Bay Owl comes from Southeast Asia. It is classified with the Barn Owl group of owls. The Sunda Fishing Owl, a sub-species of the Buffy or Malay Fish Owl, also comes from Southeast Asia. The genus is sometimes classified as Bubo ketupu as part of the Eagle Owl group.
     
 

 AFRICAN WOOD OWL – Strix woodfordii

  
African Wood Owl  African Wood Owl  African Wood Owl 

The African Wood Owl comes from most of sub-Saharan Africa. Pictures above show a young owlet; the adult is dark brown with large dark eyes ringed with light feathers as if wearing sunglasses.
     
     

 BARKING OWL – Ninox connivens

 WATERMELON OWL – Citrullus lanatus
Barking Owl  Barking Owl Watermelon Owl
The Barking Owl, also called the Barking Boobook, both after its realistic dog bark call, comes from northeast Australia and Papua NG.