Sooty barn owl

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Sooty barn owl

Barn Owl babies

This young barn owl is one in a million after being born with a rare genetic condition that has made her feathers jet black.

greater sooty owl.

He looks like he needs a hug

Melanistic barn owl by fremlin.deviantart.com on @DeviantArt

Eastern grass owls - look like barn owls to me

The Greater Sooty Owl is an elusive, medium large, sooty-black owl with no ear-tufts. They have also been known as Black Owls or Dusky Barn Owls...

The Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa), also known as the Black Owl or Dusky Barn Owl, is a medium-large owl found in Australia and New Guinea. The Lesser Sooty Owl (T. multipunctata), is sometimes considered to belong to this species, but it is substantially smaller and occurs only in the wet tropics region of North Queensland, Australia. They have a finely white spotted head with scattered white spots on the wings. The females are lighter colored than the males. The large dark eyes…

Australian Sooty Owl In defence display.

Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata) is a species of owl that lives in the wet tropics region of Australia.

Taken at Atherton birds of prey, far north Queensland.