Southern Boobok Owl

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

Title

Southern Boobok Owl

Artist

Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Photograph - Photographs

Description

Taken in Alice Springs Desert Park, Australia.The southern boobook (Ninox boobook) is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, Timor and the Sunda Islands. It was considered to be the same species (conspecific) as the morepork of New Zealand until 2013. Birds from Tasmania belong to a taxon, leucopsis which appear to be more closely related to (and hence treated as a subspecies of) the New Zealand species. Eleven subspecies are recognized. This bird is the smallest owl on the Australian mainland and is the continent's most widely distributed and common owl. It is predominantly brown in plumage with grey- or yellow-green eyes. It feeds on insects and small vertebrates.
FEATURED 11/23/14 in "Wildlife One A Day"
FEATURED 11/30/14 in "FAA Portraits - Birds"
FEATURED 1/14/15 "For The Love of Birds"
FEATURED 12/20/14 in "3 A Day AAA Images"
FEATURED 9/14/16 in "A Birding Group - Wings"
FEATURED 2/18/17 in "Birds in Focus"
FEATURED 1/6/18 in "Wild Birds of the World"
FEATURED 5/29/21 "The Wonder of Wings"
FEATURED 5/29/21 "Beautiful Birds"
FEATURED 6/2/21 in "Out of the Ordinary"
FEATURED 6/4/21 in "Owls In Australia"
2nd PLACE PRIZE in "Owls in Australia" contest
FEATURED 6/8/21 in "Macro Marvels"
FEATURED 6/8/21 in "Animal Photographs"
FEATURED 12/31/21 in "Animals"
FIRST PLACE tie in "Birds in Australia" species beginning with ABCD

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