Papuan Hawk-Owl

When to see the Papuan Hawk-Owl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Papuan Hawk-Owl

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Papuan Hawk-Owl

The Papuan hawk owl, sometimes also Papuan boobook, is a medium-sized, sleek owl with a proportionately small head, long tail, and short, rounded wings. Its white facial disk is small and indistinct, with black streaks, and white eyebrows. It has buff-colored upperparts and barred black and brown underparts. Its eyes are bright yellow, and it has a gray to black bill. The male is larger than the female, which is unusual among owls.

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Easily confused with

Cloud-forest Screech OwlMegascops marshalliThe cloud-forest screech owl is 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in) long; a male and a female weighed 105 g (3.7 oz) and 115 g (4.1 oz) respectively. Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieriThe vermiculated fishing owl is a large, earless owl with a total length of 46 to 51 cm (18 to 20 in). Negros Scops OwlOtus nigrorumThe Negros scops owl, also known as the Visayan scops owl, is an owl, endemic to the islands of Negros and Panay in the Philippines, belonging to the family of the typical owls Strigidae.