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Scientific Name : Ninox strenua Common Name : Powerful owl Description : Largest Australian owl, length 600 to 650 mm. Dark brown barred with white and pale brown, Eye orange-yellow. Voice a mournful, loud, slow woo-hoo, repeated after about 10 seconds. Habitat : Mostly in mature wet schlerophyll forest. Distribution : South-East Australia, from Portland in Victoria to Rockhampton in Queemsland. In the Park, often recorded in Foster's Gully where its favourite food the Greater Glider Petauroides volans is also found. Family : Strigidae

Available Images View At 50% | View At 100% Powerful Owl in Fosters Gully View At 50% | View At 100% Powerful Owl in Fosters Gully View At 50% | View At 100% Adult powerful owl View At 50% | View At 100% Newly fledged juvenile powerful owl View At 50% | View At 100% Newly fledged juvenile powerful owl View At 50% | View At 100% Pair of Powerful Owls in Fosters Gully, just outside Morwell National Park View At 50% | View At 100% Powerful Owl in Fosters Gully, just outside Morwell National Park View At 50% | View At 100% Powerful Owl in Fosters Gully, just outside Morwell National Park