#fearful owl

[scottpartridge]

March 23 - 29 is #emobirdweek and this post is the Fearful Owl, which, according to @wikipedia has a call "similar to a clear human scream, increasing in volume." @thebirdherder

[bleu-delphinium]

Owl appreciation post

Buff-fronted Owl

Photo by Alex Mesquita

Long-whiskered Owlet

Photo by Andrew Spencer

Giant Scops-Owl

Photo by Con Foley

Crested Owl

Photo by Luiz Matos

Oriental Bay-Owl

Photo by Alan Wolf

Spectacled Owl

Photo by Alan Van Norman

Flammulated Owl

Photo by James Kennerley

Sooty Owl

Photo by Timothy Paasila

Barred Eagle-Owl

Photo by Tim Forrester

Fearful Owl

Photo by Lars Petersson

[flomdrawn]

An owl for avilloary over on Instagram! 🦉

[carcaneloce]

Fearful owl.

I really like this species’ name!

[ainawgsd]

The fearful owl (Nesasio solomonensis) is a medium-sized owl endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. The fearful owl is endemic to the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and to Choiseul Island and to Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands. It is found in old-growth lowland and hill forest, usually in primary forest but also sometimes in nearby secondary forest and woodland edges

The fearful owl is a large forest owl growing to a length of about 38 cm (15 in). It has a rufous facial disk and distinct white eyebrows. The inner edge of the facial disk is also white. It is usually mottled brown with deep ochre underparts and blackish streaks. This species may be confused with the Solomon hawk owl, although the latter is slightly smaller and more slender.

Its call is similar to a clear human scream, increasing in volume and tone and emitted in a series, each pulse being repeated at intervals of ten seconds.

Though generally nesting in tree holes and cracks, nests of the fearful owl have been found on the epiphyte-covered branches of large fig trees, both in primary forest and close to the forest edge and near gardens. The fearful owl preys on phalangers (a genus of web footed possums), especially the northern common cuscus. Overhunting of the northern common cuscus may be threatening the fearful owl, although habitat loss due to logging is the primary cause of population decline.