Barking Owl
Ninox connivens
Family Strigidae
Critically Endangered — NSW: Vulnerable, VIC: Critically Endangered
About
The barking owl or barking boobook, also known as the winking owl, is a nocturnal bird species native to mainland Australia and parts of New Guinea and the Moluccas. They are medium-sized brown owls and have a characteristic voice with calls ranging from a barking dog noise to an intense human-like howl.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Macedon Regional Park (Atlas of Living Australia, date unrecorded) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Macedon Regional Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes