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Barking Owl

Ninox connivens

Photo by Steve A
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Field Notes

Description:

The Barking Owl is brown with white spots on its wings and a streaked chest. They have large eyes, a dark brown beak and almost no facial mask. They are a medium sized owl with a wingspan iof up to 100 cm in length. They weigh between up to 500g.

Habitat:

This species is found in many areas across coastal Australia, although numbers are less than they used to be. This Barking Owl is in permanent care, seen at treasury gardens Perth, WA.

Notes:

This owl is listed as threatened in some states of Australia

Reference Links:

Barking Owl

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Comments (14)
Gary Leong
Thanks Steve, I should have provided you with the link. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/38314105 It's not easy to search for missions in Project Noah but thanks for taking the effort. I will need to spend some time to upload more photos :)
Steve A
Thanks Gary, it took me a while to find the Birds of Australia Mission, but I have now joined!!
staccyh
Looks fierce! Nice photo.
Gary Leong
Thanks :). I'm a birds fan and I have started a mission on Birds of Australia, mainly to share spotting so that it is easier for other birds photographers like me to look for the various species. Feel free to join :)
Steve A
Gary, this was a captive bird with licensed raptor rehabilitators. The owl was part of a display that was held in Treasury Gardens at the time. :-)
Gary Leong
hi, may I ask where in Perth did you saw the owl?
Ryan21
Great photo! The bird looks really serious!
Steve A
Thanks for the nice comments. The owl was a patient model!
SheaEckert
Somebody's not very happy ;) Great photo!!
Ashish
Every Owl is beautiful. Their flight is always spectacular..!!

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PublishedMay 22, 2011

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