Bubo bubo (Central Spain) (1 Viewer)

[SLopezM]

Hello everyone! I recorded these two eagle-owls (Bubo bubo) some days ago in Guadalajara (Spain). I guess the calls in the recording belong to a male and a female communicating with each other. My question is the following: is it possible to know which one is the male and which one is the female?

13-01-2023 Bubo bubo (Central Spain) – Google Drive

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By the way, only one of the owls can be seen in the video. However, you can hear both of them by playing the video at high volume or by using headphones (the calls of the second owl sound lower because it was farther away).

 

[tconzemi]

Female has the higher pitch whooowhoo, so the one in the video is the female, the one answering from afar is lower pitched, not because it is far away, but because it is the male

 

[SLopezM]

Very interesting, thank you so much!

 

[Harrybongo]

Hello everyone! I recorded these two eagle-owls (Bubo bubo) some days ago in Guadalajara (Spain). I guess the calls in the recording belong to a male and a female communicating with each other. My question is the following: is it possible to know which one is the male and which one is the female?

13-01-2023 Bubo bubo (Central Spain) – Google Drive

drive.google.com

By the way, only one of the owls can be seen in the video. However, you can hear both of them by playing the video at high volume or by using headphones (the calls of the second owl sound lower because it was farther away).

Hi. Nice bit of vid! 👍

 

[SLopezM]

Hi. Nice bit of vid! 👍

Thank you .