How many species of owl have you seen (5 Viewers)

[Larry Lade]

No "new" owls, but on a recent trip over to Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, Great Bend, Kansas, I observed two Burrowing Owls in a prairie dog town. I always enjoy being able to see these little guys as they are extremely rare here in Missouri.

 

[Muddy Turnstone]

I have just three I have seen:

Short-eared owl
Eurasian pygmy owl (When mating!)
Tawny owl

But soon it's time for the Long-ears chicks to hatch, this time I will see the parents!

 

[viator]

Added my 15th recently, Western Barn Owl

 

[nrg800]

I haven't seen Many.
#1: Lesser Sooty Owl
#2: Barn Owl
#3: Powerful owl

Comparable to the 40+ some people have got eh?

But I have also heard the Barking, Sooty and Boobook

 

[Rob Hutchinson]

Ghana added Akun Eagle Owl, Fraser's Eagle Owl, Northern White-faced Owl, Red-chested Owlet and 'Chestnut' Owlet, Ethiopia gave great views of Abyssinian LE Owl, Grayish Eagle Owl and Mackinder's Eagle Owl.
I'm now on 118 although you could probably knock 10 or so off if following Clements. 2011 looks like a great owling year with a spring trip to Finland and summer trip to Togian, Peleng, Taliabu etc.

Rob

 

[Peter C.]

Wow! Forgotten to update this thread for quite a while!

24. Spectacled Owl (Costa Rica)

25. Austral Pygmy-owl (Chile)

 

[wolfbirder]

I'm on a mere 14 species but am quite happy with that.

In the UK seen ;

Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Short Eared Owl
Long Eared Owl
Scop's Owl
Snowy Owl
Eagle Owl

In Europe :

Geat Grey Owl
Ural Owl
Hawk Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Pygmy Owl

Canada ;

Great Horned Owl


And my favourates, well I love Snowy Owl, Short-Eared Owl and Barn Owl, but once you've seen Great Grey Owl !!

 

[Mysticete]

My updated owl list...

17 seen and 2 heard onlys

England: Tawny Owl (one of the best birds on that trip)

Japan: Ural Owl
Northern Boobook
Blakiston's Fish Owl

Kenya: Grass Owl
Verreaux's Eagle Owl

North America: Western Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl (Both "Eastern" and "McCall's" groups)
Barred Owl
Burrowing Owl
Elf Owl

Heard but no seen: Northern Saw-whet Owl and Collared Scops Owl

 

[Solomaverick]

25 so far.

Have all 10 in southern Africa and a scattering from around the world. Short on European owls - must get to Finland at some stage.

No particular favourites - perhaps one of : Pel's Fishing, Spot-bellied Eagle, Great Horned, Burrowing and Brown Wood Owl.

 

[canadagurl123]

13. Northern Pygmy Owl
14. Eastern Screech Owl(Montreal)

 

[birding maniac]

Hahaha, my list contains none from outside Britain-
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Short Eared Owl
Long Eared Owl
Little Owl
Eagle Owl

 

[Reuven_M]

Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Barred Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

 

[Jacana]

Up to 12 now, adding an extra two before leaving Thailand:

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

Honduras:
Great Horned Owl

Thailand:
Brown Hawk Owl
Collared Scops Owl
Collared Owlet
Buffy Fish Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl
Asian Barred Owlet

 

[rockfowl]

Up to 12 now, adding an extra two before leaving Thailand:

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

Honduras:
Great Horned Owl

Thailand:
Brown Hawk Owl
Collared Scops Owl
Collared Owlet
Buffy Fish Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl
Asian Barred Owlet

Where was the White-fronted Scops Will, KNC or KK?

 

[Jacana]

KNC. Was lucky enough to be there when one was sitting in the Morakot garden see here: http://www.dutchbirding.nl/gallery.php?p=bigpic&gal=7&fid=2095&page=1

Some Thai birders were just leaving and turned on their headlights to see that looking back at them!

 

[madamcoolpix]

Just found this thread... and made me think "How many I've seen, really?". I know I do dreadfully with Owls, even if I love them... and now I realize I did even worse than I thought, this is my list after birding for 32 years!!! :eek!:

1. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) Spain 1979 (I saw my first Owl ever when I was 11, how tender, sigh, |=)|)
2. Little Owl (Athene noctua) Spain 1981
3. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Spain 2001
4. Barred Owl (Strix varia) Florida (USA) 2002
5. Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) Florida (USA) 2002
6. Ferrugineous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) Costa Rica 2006
7. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl (Otus clarkii) Costa Rica 2006
8. Short-eared Owl (Asio otus) Spain 2007
9. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) Spain 2009

and heard Common Scops Owl (Otus scops) many times but I've been unable to locate it so far, sniff, :-C...

 

[rockfowl]

KNC. Was lucky enough to be there when one was sitting in the Morakot garden see here: http://www.dutchbirding.nl/gallery.php?p=bigpic&gal=7&fid=2095&page=1

Some Thai birders were just leaving and turned on their headlights to see that looking back at them!

Lucky man! Heard it but dipped at KNC so I hope I can get to grips with it shortly in KK.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Since the thread showed up again, I figured I'd update. Add:

Northern White-faced Scops (Kenya)
Greayish Eagle (Kenya)
Verreaux's Eagle (Kenya)
Buffy Fish (Malaysia)
Tawny-Browed (Brazil)
Pearl-Spotted Owlet (Kenya)

Brings me to 33.

And another update (from an Ecuador trip in Oct.)

Tropical Screech
Tawny-bellied Screech
Black-banded (i.e. "The San Isidro Mystery Owl")

Now at 36.

 

[Chlidonias]

I haven't added mine to this list yet (mainly because I don't do well with owls, given that they hide in the dark and all), but:

Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
Southern boobook Ninox boobook (yes I split novaeseelandiae and boobook, so what?)
Sulawesi scops-owl Otus manadensis
Rajah scops owl Otus brookii
Little owl Athene noctua
Asian barred owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica
Barred eagle owl Bubo sumatranus
Buffy fish owl Ketupa ketupu
Brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis

ten species

 

[Nature__lover]

Zilch!
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