How many species of owl have you seen (3 Viewers)

[Bananafishbones]

25. Black-capped Screech-Owl
26. Least Pygmy-Owl
27. Tawny-browed Owl
28. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

NE Brazil

 

[Andy Adcock]

59

Missing some fairly easy ones though e.g Eurasian Eagle Owl and Tengmalms / Boreal.


A

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

Just the five for me.

Little Owl.
Long Eared Owl.
Short Eared Owl.
Tawny Owl.
Barn Owl.

 

[Ian Lewis]

149 + 13 heard onlys and another 9 that may be upgraded to full species in due course

Ian

 

[Jon Turner]

Pel's Fishing Owl in Botswana in 2015. So only 21....

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Now up to 40, following Ghana, Uganda and Borneo last year.

 

[Bananafishbones]

25. Black-capped Screech-Owl
26. Least Pygmy-Owl
27. Tawny-browed Owl
28. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

NE Brazil

29. Buff-fronted Owl
NE Brazil

 

[Dortmundbirder]

I love owls, although my List is sadly not too long. Country where first seen behind the name.
1. Tawny Owl - Germany
2. Little Owl - Germany
3. Barn Owl - Germany
4. Eurasian Eagle Owl - Germany
5. Long eared Owl - Germany
6. Short eared Owl - Germany
7. Eurasian Pygmy Owl - Germany
8. Northern Hawk Owl - Germany
9. Pharaoh Eagle Owl - Egypt
10. Snowy Owl - Netherlands
11. Eurasian Scops Owl - Turkey
12. Collared Scops Owl - Sri Lanka
13. Chestnut backed Owlet - Sri Lanka
14. Pearl-spotted Owlet - South Africa
15. African Barred Owlet - South Africa
16. Spotted Eagle Owl - South Africa
17. Verreaux's Eagle Owl - South Africa
18. African Scops Owl - South Africa
19. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Mexico
20. Mottled Owl - Mexico

 

[Bananafishbones]

29. Buff-fronted Owl
NE Brazil

30. Eurasian Scops

 

[lazza]

a feeble effort for me, but worth posting as it gives me something to laugh at in future years...

UK
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl

rest of Europe
Tawny Owl (in the middle of Vienna!)

rest of the world
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Samburu Nature Reserve, Kenya)

Went looking for a great grey owl that had been spotted not far from Stockholm on a recent trip to Sweden for work, but didn't manage to find it (and sadly my conscience got the better of me so went off to catch up on work!)

Wow, just look how my list has come on in the last 5 years.... :-O

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

rest of the world
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Samburu Nature Reserve, Kenya)

 

[Farnboro John]

Without much expectation, a quick count:

Barn Owl
American Barn Owl (recently split I seem to remember?)
African Scops Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl
Indian Scops Owl
Great Horned Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Snowy Owl
Brown Fish Owl
Tawny Owl
Barred Owl
Ural Owl
Great Grey Owl
African Wood Owl
Hawk Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Jungle Owlet
Little Owl
Spotted Owlet
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Owl

24 spp

Better than I expected!

John

 

[Nutcracker]

American Barn Owl (recently split I seem to remember?)

Yep, newly split (by IOC at least, not sure about other competing lists. But IOC are the ones that matter :t

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Now at 52. I finally hooked up with a collared owlet in Thailand last fall.

 

[lewis20126]

144 seen well (Clements/Cornell); hoping for another couple in Peru shortly, then perhaps 6 in the Phils at the end of the year. Last new owl was Forest Owlet near Bombay in early January.

cheers, alan

 

[Steve Keen]

49 seen. About what I expected, but considerably less than I would have if I didn't prefer to do my trips alone, with the added workload that entails - usually after 13 hours of daylight birding food, a couple of beers, shower and sleep are all fitted in before 9pm when the hardcore would be out owling!!

 

[azterry]

I love owls but have seen only a few:
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl

Plus a Megascops sp.

 

[Telephoto Paul]

In the UK: Barn, Short-Eared, Tawny, Little.
Outside the UK: Great Grey.

 

[kb57]

UK: barn, tawny, short-eared, little (no LE |8(| )

India & Nepal: Asian barred owlet, jungle owlet, spotted owlet, brown hawk-owl
3 out of the above 4 all from a trip to Chitwan in 1989, and all thanks to an excellent local guide

 

[Bananafishbones]

Very slowly creeping up....
31. Asian Barred Owlet (Cambodia)

 

[lewis20126]

144 seen well (Clements/Cornell); hoping for another couple in Peru shortly, then perhaps 6 in the Phils at the end of the year. Last new owl was Forest Owlet near Bombay in early January.

cheers, alan

It was a bit of a disaster to miss the rare Cloud Forest Screech Owl in Peru recently but the Long-whiskered Owlet performed well, although hard to photograph without a flash:

http://www.surfbirds.com/gallery/share_photo.php?imgname=20170714235141999.JPG

So now onto 145 Clements (all seen well). I'm hoping I get a better strike rate in the Phils at the end of the year! Keeping my fingers crossed that the much wanted Eagle Owl shows well..

cheers, alan