Boobook Owl

Boobook Owl

Scientific name: Ninox boobook

Boobooks have distinctive facial disks and ours is brown on their backs, with lighter fronts. 

Least Concern (Inc. Bar)

  1. At Noah's Ark...

    Our Boobook Owl is called Bobbins.

  2. We live...

    On the hill opposite the Farm Barn, in the Birds Of Prey enclosure.

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  1. Size Fact

    Boobook Owls are approx. 35cm tall.

  2. Food Fact

    Generally feeds on small mammals, especially small mice and small birds. They will also take invertebrates including beetles and moths.

  3. Fun Fact

    When Boobook Owls chirp, they sound like crickets.

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