AUSTRALIAN BARN OWL

Photographed near Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand, May 2019

(*  194)                   BARN OWL                   Tyto alba

NEW ZEALAND                 125

Very rare native. Found almost worldwide in open country; vagrant to New Zealand until they bred successfully near Kaitaia since 2007.

NOTE: horrible photographs but recognisable and a family group of three were seen and heard very clearly.

EASTERN GRASS OWL

Only just recording shots, will suffice until I can improve. Taken at Port Macquarie, December 2017

1229                EASTERN GRASS OWL                     Tyto longimembris

AUSTRALIA                   722

Also known as Australian Grass Owl. Found in grasslands coastal heaths, cane fields, agricultural land and swamps feeding on small rodents. Two distinct populations in Australia: one on flood plains of large rivers from Cape York to Manning River (NSW); the other on grasslands on Barkley Tablelands and Channel Country (WA)

SERENDIB SCOPS OWL

March 2017

1120          SERENDIB SCOPS OWL                 Otus thilohoffmanni

SRI LANKA            148

Endemic. Globally threatened. Found in large dense rainforests and submontane forest. 17 cm. Fairly rare and local, in wet lowlands up to mid hills.

BROWN WOOD OWL

Subspecies ochrogenys, photographed March 2017

1072                   BROWN WOOD OWL                    Strix leptogrammica  

SRI LANKA                 69

Found in forests and well wooded areas. 47-53 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.

BROWN FISH OWL

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1020                  BROWN FISH OWL                Ketupa zeylonensis

NEPAL       92

Inhabits forests and well-wooded areas near water. 56 cm. Local and uncommon resident.

SPOTTED OWLET

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

975                 SPOTTED OWL                   Athene brama

NEPAL               19

Common and widespread resident in the southern half of Nepal. 21 cm. Found around habitation and cultivation; hunts around streetlights; usually in family groups or pairs; crepuscular and nocturnal.

WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR

Photographed at Bunyip State Park, Victoria February 2017

970             WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR               Eurostopodus mystacalis 

AUSTRALIA              702

Also known as Fern Owl or Laughing Owl. 32-37 cm. Found on bare ground with leaves, rocks, branches; bracken on dry ridges, slopes of coastal heath; forests, woodlands, wallum country. Range: coastal e. Australia from Cape York (Q) to Otway Ranges (Vic) inland to western slopes of Divide.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOOBOOK

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

959                CHRISTMAS ISLAND BOOBOOK               Ninox natalis

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)           689

Also known as Christmas Island Hawk-owl, Christmas Hawk-owl, Christmas Boobook. Found in subtropical and tropical lowland forest; subtropical or tropical moist scrubland. 26-29 cm, female slightly larger than the male. Endemic to Christmas Island.

SPOTTED WOOD OWL

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

913                 SPOTTED WOOD OWL              Strix seloputo

SINGAPORE  (Pasir Ris Park)             (60)

Found in secondary forests, forest edges, old plantations, secondary scrub and urban parkland. 46 cm. Distribution: parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, C Sumatra, Java, Palawan.

BUFFY FISH OWL

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

910                  BUFFY FISH OWL              Ketupa ketupa

SINGAPORE (Pasir Ris Park)              (57)

Found in primary and secondary forests, old plantations and occasionally scrub. 45 cm. Distribution: E India, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas.

BROWN HAWK-OWL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

903                  BROWN HAWK-OWL              Ninox scutulata

SINGAPORE               (47)

Common resident of primary and secondary forests, old plantations and occasionally secondary scrub. 30 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, east to Sulawesi.

RINJANI SCOPS OWL

Photographed on Lombok, Indonesia October 2016

(876)              RINJANI SCOPS OWL                    Otus jolandae 

INDONESIA (Lombok)          (99)        

Found in forest habitation. Endemic to Lombok.

Note: This owl was first discovered in 2003 and was formally described in 2013.