{"id":329,"date":"2026-04-11T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=329"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:59:29","slug":"owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australia has 11 owl species. Owls are raptors characterised by flat faces, large forward-facing eyes, sharp talons and beaks, upright stances and often circles of feathers under their eyes, known as facial disks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Barking owl<\/strong> (Ninox connivens<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Rufous owl<\/strong> (Ninox rufa<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Powerful Owl<\/strong> (Ninox strenua<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Southern Boobook<\/strong> (Ninox boobook<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Christmas Island Boobook<\/strong> (Ninox natalis<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Morepork<\/strong> (Ninox novaeseelandiae<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Eastern Barn Owl<\/strong> (Tyto delicatula<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Eastern Grass Owl<\/strong> (Tyto longimembris<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Australian Masked Owl<\/strong> (Tyto<\/em> novaehollandiae<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Sooty Owl<\/strong> (Tyto tenebricosa<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Lesser Sooty Owl<\/strong> (Tyto multipunctata<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Owls have evolved a number of remarkable characteristics that make them crafty hunters<\/strong>. Most owls are nocturnal<\/strong> and so hunt only at night, though some are active at dawn and dusk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They vary greatly in size between species: the smallest (Southern BooBook) weighs just 31 g and measures 31 cm while the largest (Powerful Owl) can measure up to 84 cm (wingspan of 2 m<\/strong>) and weigh 4.5 kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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