How many species of owl have you seen (1 Viewer)

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• May 12, 2017

• #441

25. Black-capped Screech-Owl
26. Least Pygmy-Owl
27. Tawny-browed Owl
28. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

NE Brazil

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• May 13, 2017

• #442

59

Missing some fairly easy ones though e.g Eurasian Eagle Owl and Tengmalms / Boreal.


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Chris G6 UXU

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Staff member

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• May 13, 2017

• #443

Just the five for me.

Little Owl.
Long Eared Owl.
Short Eared Owl.
Tawny Owl.
Barn Owl.

 

Ian Lewis

aka Gryllo

• May 13, 2017

• #444

149 + 13 heard onlys and another 9 that may be upgraded to full species in due course

Ian

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• May 13, 2017

• #445

Pel's Fishing Owl in Botswana in 2015. So only 21....

 

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Welsh Peregrine

Well-known member

• May 16, 2017

• #446

Now up to 40, following Ghana, Uganda and Borneo last year.

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• May 16, 2017

• #447

Bananafishbones said:

25. Black-capped Screech-Owl
26. Least Pygmy-Owl
27. Tawny-browed Owl
28. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

NE Brazil

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29. Buff-fronted Owl
NE Brazil

 

Dortmundbirder

Well-known member

• May 17, 2017

• #448

I love owls, although my List is sadly not too long. Country where first seen behind the name.
1. Tawny Owl - Germany
2. Little Owl - Germany
3. Barn Owl - Germany
4. Eurasian Eagle Owl - Germany
5. Long eared Owl - Germany
6. Short eared Owl - Germany
7. Eurasian Pygmy Owl - Germany
8. Northern Hawk Owl - Germany
9. Pharaoh Eagle Owl - Egypt
10. Snowy Owl - Netherlands
11. Eurasian Scops Owl - Turkey
12. Collared Scops Owl - Sri Lanka
13. Chestnut backed Owlet - Sri Lanka
14. Pearl-spotted Owlet - South Africa
15. African Barred Owlet - South Africa
16. Spotted Eagle Owl - South Africa
17. Verreaux's Eagle Owl - South Africa
18. African Scops Owl - South Africa
19. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Mexico
20. Mottled Owl - Mexico

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• May 19, 2017

• #449

Bananafishbones said:

29. Buff-fronted Owl
NE Brazil

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30. Eurasian Scops

 

lazza

Well-known member

• May 22, 2017

• #450

lazza said:

a feeble effort for me, but worth posting as it gives me something to laugh at in future years...

UK
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl

rest of Europe
Tawny Owl (in the middle of Vienna!)

rest of the world
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Samburu Nature Reserve, Kenya)

Went looking for a great grey owl that had been spotted not far from Stockholm on a recent trip to Sweden for work, but didn't manage to find it (and sadly my conscience got the better of me so went off to catch up on work!)

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Wow, just look how my list has come on in the last 5 years.... :-O

UK
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl

rest of the world
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Samburu Nature Reserve, Kenya)

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• May 22, 2017

• #451

Without much expectation, a quick count:

Barn Owl
American Barn Owl (recently split I seem to remember?)
African Scops Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl
Indian Scops Owl
Great Horned Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Snowy Owl
Brown Fish Owl
Tawny Owl
Barred Owl
Ural Owl
Great Grey Owl
African Wood Owl
Hawk Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Jungle Owlet
Little Owl
Spotted Owlet
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Owl

24 spp

Better than I expected!

John

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• May 22, 2017

• #452

Farnboro John said:

American Barn Owl (recently split I seem to remember?)

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Yep, newly split (by IOC at least, not sure about other competing lists. But IOC are the ones that matter :t

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• May 26, 2017

• #453

Now at 52. I finally hooked up with a collared owlet in Thailand last fall.

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• May 26, 2017

• #454

144 seen well (Clements/Cornell); hoping for another couple in Peru shortly, then perhaps 6 in the Phils at the end of the year. Last new owl was Forest Owlet near Bombay in early January.

cheers, alan

 

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Steve Keen

Well-known member

• May 27, 2017

• #455

49 seen. About what I expected, but considerably less than I would have if I didn't prefer to do my trips alone, with the added workload that entails - usually after 13 hours of daylight birding food, a couple of beers, shower and sleep are all fitted in before 9pm when the hardcore would be out owling!!

 

azterry

Seeker of Owls

• Jun 14, 2017

• #456

I love owls but have seen only a few:
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl

Plus a Megascops sp.

 

Telephoto Paul

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2017

• #457

In the UK: Barn, Short-Eared, Tawny, Little.
Outside the UK: Great Grey.

 

kb57

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2017

• #458

UK: barn, tawny, short-eared, little (no LE |8(| )

India & Nepal: Asian barred owlet, jungle owlet, spotted owlet, brown hawk-owl
3 out of the above 4 all from a trip to Chitwan in 1989, and all thanks to an excellent local guide

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• Aug 17, 2017

• #459

Very slowly creeping up....
31. Asian Barred Owlet (Cambodia)

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Aug 17, 2017

• #460

lewis20126 said:

144 seen well (Clements/Cornell); hoping for another couple in Peru shortly, then perhaps 6 in the Phils at the end of the year. Last new owl was Forest Owlet near Bombay in early January.

cheers, alan

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It was a bit of a disaster to miss the rare Cloud Forest Screech Owl in Peru recently but the Long-whiskered Owlet performed well, although hard to photograph without a flash:

http://www.surfbirds.com/gallery/share_photo.php?imgname=20170714235141999.JPG

So now onto 145 Clements (all seen well). I'm hoping I get a better strike rate in the Phils at the end of the year! Keeping my fingers crossed that the much wanted Eagle Owl shows well..

cheers, alan