OOTD 3/5/23:

Oriental Scops Owl

Scientific name: Otus Sunia

Commonly found: across eastern and southern Asia

Size: 17-21cm

Oriental Scops Owls are found across a wide part of Asia, in forests from Russia to Thailand. They are nocturnal and have ear tufts which they can prick up or lay flat. There are a few different morphs including grey and rufus which gives them a varied appearance. Their diet mostly consists of insects and spiders.

OOTD 2/5/23:

Minahasa Masked Owl

Scientific name: Tyto Inexpectata

Commonly found: the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia

Size: 27-31cm

The Minahasa Masked Owl is entirely endemic to the island of Sulawesi, with a population somewhere between 2,500 and 10,000. They are nocturnal, but not much is known about their behavioural habits due to their smaller numbers. They usually live in rainforests, however they're known to sometimes live in drier more mountainous forests as well.

OOTD 1/5/23:

Greater Sooty Owl

Scientific name: Tyto Tenebricosa

Commonly found: New Guinea, South-Eastern Australia

Size: 41-50 cm (female) or 37-43 cm (male)

Greater Sooty owls are among the largest in the barn owl family, the females weighing up to 1.2kg, and are nocturnal. They have a call similar to the shriek of the red tailed hawk (think every bald eagle noise in anything ever) consisting of a long piercing shriek lasting a few seconds. Their diet consists of gliders, bandicoots, rodents and occasionally bats, smaller birds and insects. Sooty owls tend to stay in one area for most of their adult lives and are territorial.