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Nocturnal Birds
Families Podargidae (frogmouths), Caprimulgidae (nightjars),
Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjar)
, Strigidae & Tytonidae (owls)

 

Tawny Frogmouth
White-throated Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Powerful Owl
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
Masked Owl
Eastern Barn Owl


   Tawny Frogmouth ( Podargus strigoides ) [ Uncommon breeding resident ]

Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Helen Fallow
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Tawny Frogmouth
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Martin Butterfield
Tawny Frogmouth
Bibaringa, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Tawny Frogmouth
Watson, ACT.
Photo by John Walter
Tawny Frogmouth
Watson, ACT.
Photo by John Walter
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Stuart Harris
Tawny Frogmouths
Photo by Roger Curnow
Tawny Frogmouths
Photo by Roger Curnow
Tawny Frogmouths
Photo by James Rolevink
Tawny Frogmouth
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Tawny Frogmouths using a White-winged Chough nest
Using a disused
White-winged Chough nest,
Campbell Park, ACT.
Photo by James Blanden
Tawny Frogmouths using a White-winged Chough nest
Using a disused
White-winged Chough nest,
Campbell Park, ACT.
Photo by James Blanden
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by David Cook
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by David Cook
Tawny Frogmouth
Photo by Stuart Harris


   White-throated Nightjar ( Eurostopodus mystacalis ) [ Rare breeding migrant or vagrant. All records have been during the warmer months ]

White-throated Nightjar
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
White-throated Nightjar
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
White-throated Nightjar
Photo by Barbara Allan


   Australian Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles cristatus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident, widely but sparsely distributed in all wooded areas ]

Australian Owlet-nightjars
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Australian Owlet-Nightjar
Photo by Peter Cowper
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Australian Owlet-Nightjar
Photo by Lindsay Northrop


   Powerful Owl ( Ninox strenua ) [ Rare breeding resident ]

Powerful Owl
Photo by Stuart Harris
Powerful Owl
Photo by Steve Stephinson
Powerful Owl
Photo by Steve Stephinson
Powerful Owl
Rocky Hall, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Powerful Owl
Rocky Hall, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Powerful Owl
Australian National
Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Fraser
Powerful Owl
Australian National
Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Powerful Owl
Talons. Australian National
Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Powerful Owl
Australian National
Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Powerful Owl
Australian National
Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Powerful Owl
Photo by Stuart Harris
Powerful Owl
Photo by Rhonda Hansch


   Barking Owl ( Ninox connivens ) [ Rare non-breeding vagrant locally]

Barking Owl
Photo by Steve Stephinson


   Southern Boobook ( Ninox novaeseelandiae ) [ Widespread common breeding species in virtually all of the ACT ]

Southern Boobook
Photo by Frank Atkinson
Southern Boobook
Photo by Graham Stephinson
Southern Boobook
Black Mtn Nature Reserve, ACT.
Photo by Jerry Olsen
'Athena' Southern Boobook
'Athena', Weston, ACT.
Photo by Tom Bellas
Southern Boobook juveniles
Juveniles, Black Mtn Nature Reserve, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Southern Boobook juveniles
Juveniles, Black Mtn Nature Reserve, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Southern Boobook
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Southern Boobook juvenile
Juvenile, Cuumbeun Nature Reserve, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Southern Boobook
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Southern Boobook
Photo by John Walter
Southern Boobook
Photo by John Walter
Southern Boobook
Photo by Lindsay Northrop
Southern Boobook
Photo by Lindsay Northrop
Southern Boobook
Photo by Bill Handke
Southern Boobook
Photo by Bill Handke


   Eastern Barn Owl ( Tyto javanica ) [ Rare irruptive non-breeding visitor ]

Barn Owl
Photo by Graham Stephinson
Barn Owl
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Barn Owl
Photo by David Cook
Barn Owl
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Barn Owl
Photo by Philip Konings
Barn Owl
Photo by Philip Konings
Barn Owl
Photo by Steve Stephinson
Barn Owl
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Barn Owl
Photo by Lindsay Hansch