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

[wildlifelove]

ABOVE! Same i'm yet to see a OWL!

 

[Enji]

Well, never birded outside Sweden, so the list is rather short.

Eagle Owl
Ural Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Hawk Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Pygmy Owl

and heard only, Great Grey Owl.

 

[MichavdB]

Well, never birded outside Sweden, so the list is rather short.

Eagle Owl
Ural Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Hawk Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Pygmy Owl

and heard only, Great Grey Owl.

Not many people have such an impressive list just from birding in their home country.

 

[Larry Lade]

Re: Brown Hawk-Owl in my "Owl List"

My wife, son and I heard a distinctive call of several Brown Hawk-Owls while walking the early evening on the campus of Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China on April 28, 2009. Walking in the direction of some of the calls we were able to locate some of the birds. We were able to view them quite close and witnessed a couple of the birds mating!

I am wondering if the Brown Hawk-Owls, aka. Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata) I observed in Beijing were the now split Northern Boobook, Ninox japonica, based on geographic location. * Ninox japonica: south-eastern Siberia to south-eastern Manchuria, eastern China, Korea and Japan; winters southern Asia.

 

[Larry Lade]

I have been assured that the owls we observed/heard were Northern Boobook, Ninox japonica (per.comm).

 

[viator]

#16 was a Mountain Scops Owl on Doi Inathon, Thailand on Feb 2

 

[lewis20126]

120 was the rather splendid Black-banded Owl at day roost at Muyuna Lodge, Quitos, Peru.

cheers, a

 

[birdermoose]

Only seen 3 all in UK.
1) Little owl
2)Tawny owl
3) Barn owl
I may be able to add a few more when I go to France this year

 

[Jhanlon]

Just 13 for me, but off to Sri Lanka in 3 weeks where I could get another 4 or 5.
B

 

[Tony Morris]

Two great families. A couple of "splits" that aren't always recognised but altogether about 59 species.

Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Common Scops Owl Otus scops
Little Owl Athene noctua
Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus
Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Stygian Owl Asio stygius
Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus
Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Mottled Owl Strix virgata
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis heard only
(Mexican) Spotted Owl Strix (occidentalis ) Lucida
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa
Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo coromandus
Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
Collared Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brodiei
Torotoroka Scops Owl Otus madagascariensis
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
Whiskered Screech Owl Otus trichopsis
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Sokoke Scops Owl Otus ireneae
Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Madagascar Scops Owl Otus rutilus
Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
Bare-legged Owl Otus lawrencii
Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus
Blakiston's Fish Owl Ketupa blakistoni
Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo
Baja Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium minutissimum
Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
White-browed Owl Ninox superciliaris
Madagascar Long-eared Owl Asio madagascariensis
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium californicum
Western Screech Owl Otus kennicottii
NorthernWhite-faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
Southern White-faced Scops Owl Otus granti - split in HBW
Balsas Screech Owl Otus seductus
Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata
Guatemalan Screech Owl Otus atricapillus
Ridgway's Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

 

[nrg800]

Not a very good list for me, but I'm happy so far!

1: Barn Owl
2: (Lesser) Sooty Owl
3: Boobook Owl
4: Barking Owl
5: Powerful Owl
6: Asian Barred Owlet
(and if these count)
7: Tawny Frogmouth
8: Australian Owlet-Nightjar

So all up only 8 species, but I am also only 13 xD

 

[chris butterworth]

Only six I'm afraid Nathan. Frogmouths and Owlet-Frogmouths are from a different family.

Chris

 

[snowcap]

Up to 72 sp now.

 

[njlarsen]

Up to 72 sp now.

Makes my list of 27 seem rather small ... B

Niels

 

[lostinjapan]

Well let's see:

Tawny Owl ( including Taiwan endemic race)
Little Owl ( including 'lilith' subspecies)
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Eagle Owl (Spain)
Ural Owl ( 3 races in Japan )
Northern Boobook ( including non-migratory Ryukyu race)
Southern Boobook ( Australia)
Little Owl ( including desert race 'lilith')
Blakiston's Fish Owl ( Japan)
Elegant/Ryukyu Scops Owl (Ishigaki, Iriomote & Amami)
Oriental Scops Owl ( Japan)
Eurasian Scops Owl (h) ( Spain/ France)
Collared Scops Owl ( Kyushu, Japan)
Japanese Scops Owl ( Okinawa, Iriomote, Japan sometimes lumped with Collared Scops )
Mountain Scops Owl (h) ( Taiwan)
Brown Wood Owl (h) ( Taiwan)
Collared Owlet (h) ( Taiwan)

Hopefully will add a few more in Finland this spring, but Blakiston's Fish Owl takes some beating .

Sean

 

[chris butterworth]

...........Little Owl ( including 'lilith' subspecies)
...........Little Owl ( including desert race 'lilith')
Sean

??????????????

Chris

You've go me thinking. When I get home I'm going to have a count of my Owls

C

 

[Piqa]

I have seen 3 species so far, all in Morocco.

1) Marsh Owl
2) Little Owl
3) Barn Owl

 

[DrRich]

How many owls?

I have seen no owls, since starting counting at the start of the year, however I was once attacked by an owl on two consecutive summer nights in Cambridge UK. It drew blood.

 

[niltava42]

Following the IOC list I have seen the following:

1 Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) UK
2 Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto delicatula) Australia
3 Collared Scops Owl (Otus lettia) Singapore
4 Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) UK
5 Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) UK
6 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) USA
7 Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) France
8 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus) Kenya
9 Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) India
10 Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) Singapore
11 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) UK
12 Barred Owl Strix varia) USA
13 Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) Finland
14 Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) Finland
15 Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula) Finland
16 Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) Finland
17 Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) Trinidad
18 Little Owl (Athene noctua) UK
19 Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) India
20 Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) USA
21 Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Finland
22 Powerful Boobook (Ninox strenua) Australia
23 Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) Australia
25 Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) Singapore
26 Jamaican Owl (Pseudoscops grammicus) Jamaica
27 Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) UK
28 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus ) UK

and one heard:
Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) New Zealand

 

[Lmc3598]

I have only seen two barn owls and one tawny owl. i also heard a tawny owl as well.

PATHETIC!