How many species of owl have you seen (2 Viewers)

[Mysticete]

Oh good...these are back. I now stand at 25 owls, with three new species from Ecuador this past summer, Mottled and both Pacific and Cloud-Forest Pygmy. STILL haven't ventured to Sax Zim bog, but I might have an opportunity this January (would be been more likely if I wasn't on Furlough). Furlough also nukes any plans for Europe this summer, so none of those owls either. Still don't have Long-eared Owl either!

Was able to go to Sax Zim Bog, however typical boreal birds were scarce due to warm weather. Dipped on Great Gray Owl, but I did get at least distant views of Northern Hawk-Owl, bringing me up to 26

Maybe passing through that way in early summer so I suppose there is another shot at Great Gray, but otherwise kind of hard to see any more new owls this year, unless finances improve enough to allow some trips to more distant locations.

 

[lammergeier05]

70. Latest two are Black-capped Screech-Owl and Tawny-browed Owl in Brazil

 

[Earnest lad]

I saw five owl species in the UK. (LEO, SEO, Tawny. Little, Barn) . Six if you count as wild the breeding Eagle owl in Bowland, UK, some years ago. Also a very very brief sighting of a probable Collared Scops Owl in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2014
Total -= 5, 6, or 7.

 

[wolfbirder]

Seen in the UK-

Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl

Abroad-

Great Horned Owl
Brown Fish Owl
Pharaoh Eagle Owl
Pallid Scops Owl
Pygmy Owl
Tengmalm’s Owl
Ural Owl
Hawk Owl
Great Grey Owl

Plus Slender-billed Barn Owl

 

[David Ferguson]

My list (IOC) is:

Western Barn Owl
American Barn Owl
Powerful Owl
Morepork
Brown Boobook
Bare-legged Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Little Owl
Spotted Owlet
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Jungle Owlet
Chestnut-backed Owlet
Northern Pygmy Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Pacific Pygmy Owl
Cuban Pygmy Owl
Serendib Scops Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl
Oriental Scops Owl
Collared Scops Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Owl
Great Horned Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish Owl
Barred Eagle-Owl
Flammulated Owl
Whiskered Screech Owl
White-throated Screech Owl
Tropical Screech Owl
Pacific Screech Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Middle American Screech Owl
Rufescent Screech Owl
Santa Marta Screech Owl
Brown Wood Owl
Tawny Owl
Barred Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Rufous-banded Owl
Black-banded Owl

44spp

According to the Bubo blocker list the most difficult to get on my list is Flammulated Owl, which is a surprise. I was lucky to see one. On my arrival in Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona I was told that a Flammulated's nest had just been found. A 200m walk up a dried river bed and a short wait on a log shared with 2 American birders and a bird appeared at the nest hole, hooted a few times then flew off. Job done.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Switching to IOC taxonomy, I started the Australia & New Zealand trip on 50 and added Australian Masked Owl, Morepok, Sooty Owl, Southern Boobook & Tasmanian Boobook taking me to 55 species.

The additional IOC species is (Eastern) Barn Owl which I had first seen in Thailand and I photographed in Australia.

Not as easy getting new owls and not as easy getting pics!!

All the best

Paul

My Thai Owl list is now fourteen species including eight new ones on my recent trip that took me to 63 Owl species in total:-
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
Brown Wood Owl
Oriental Scops Owl
Oriental Bay Owl
Mountain Scops Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl
Buffy Fish Owl
Spotted Wood Owl

Probably the most obvious miss in Thailand now is Barred Eagle Owl.

All the best

Paul

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

And now at 92 after my trip to Ethiopia in November.

Now 93. Added Santa Marta Screech-owl.

 

[antshrike69]

193 species, plus four more heard only.

Most recent additions - Sangihe Scops Owl, Sula Scops Owl and Banggai Scops Owl. So many small owls in Asia!

 

[Ian Lewis]

193 species, plus four more heard only.

Most recent additions - Sangihe Scops Owl, Sula Scops Owl and Banggai Scops Owl. So many small owls in Asia!

You've beaten me again Jonathon, I thought my 178 plus 9 heard onlys was pretty good until read your post

 

[antshrike69]

You've beaten me again Jonathon, I thought my 178 plus 9 heard onlys was pretty good until read your post

178 is pretty incredible. I'm hoping to add Cyprus Scops next week

 

[Ian Lewis]

178 is pretty incredible. I'm hoping to add Cyprus Scops next week

Cyprus Scops wasn't a species when we went in 1995 but fortunately I made the effort to see the scops anyway

 

[antshrike69]

Now 194

 

[Paul Chapman]

My Thai Owl list is now fourteen species including eight new ones on my recent trip that took me to 63 Owl species in total:-
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
Brown Wood Owl
Oriental Scops Owl
Oriental Bay Owl
Mountain Scops Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl
Buffy Fish Owl
Spotted Wood Owl

Probably the most obvious miss in Thailand now is Barred Eagle Owl.

All the best

Paul

Owls are hard work! Four additions on my recent Ugandan & Rwandan trip increasing my low Owl list to only 67 species:-

African Wood Owl
Greyish Eagle Owl
African Scops Owl (heard)
Red-chested Owlet

Also Verraux's Eagle Owl - a species that I had seen on my previous Ugandan trip.

All the best

Paul

 

[lammergeier05]

Now up to 79 with 7 from Kenya

Sokoke Scops Owl
African Wood Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Grayish Eagle Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Cape Eagle Owl
Northern White-faced Owl

 

[Paul Chapman]

Finally ticked the Owl list up to 70 species with Omani Owl, Arabian Eagle Owl & Arabian Scops Owl.

A photo tick in Desert Owl & also Pallid Scops Owl, European Scops Owl & Western Barn Owl seen.

A couple of Owl targets before the end of the year if things go to plan.

All the best

Paul

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

On 78, with several others heard only. Owls are hard, although they often tend to be among the best birds of any trip.

 

[temmie]

86. Some way to go, especially on islands in SE Asia.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

59, having added Pearl-spotted Owlet, African Barred Owlet, African Wood Owl and Pel’s Fishing Owl in South Africa.

 

[Owene]

African scops and verreaulx’s eagle owl take me to 10 seen. Nothing by the standards of this thread but double figures is nice. African wood is my only heard only

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Up to 94. Added Yungas Pygmy-owl in September.