© iStock

Powerful owl - Ninox strenua, this owl is powerful by name and powerful by nature. 

© iStock

Powerful owl - The powerful owl is the largest owl species in Australia with males reaching weights of up to 2.2 kg.

© iStock

Powerful owl - It stands up to 65 cm high. They can be found in the Southern zones of Australia (South-East QLD, NSW and VIC).

© iStock

Whoo-hoo - This owl is one of the few Australian owls with a standardised "whoo-hoo" call which, is most often heard during winter months when breeding occurs.

© iStock

Eastern barn owl - The barn owl is one of the most recognisable owls in the world.

© iStock

Barn owl - They prey heavily upon on the rodent population.

© iStock

Rodent - The population of these owls often explode during rodent plagues.

© iStock

Barn owl - This owl can found in open country, farmland and woodlands. They are often spotted perched on wooden fence posts in farm regions at night awaiting the slight movements of its prey.

© iStock

Barking owl - The well-known call of this medium-sized hawk-owl is synonymous with that of a dog’s bark— “woof woof”.

© iStock

Barking owl - Its prey consists of large insects, small to medium-sized mammals such as sugar gliders and small roosting birds.

© iStock

Barking owl - The barking owl is common in its northern range (NT and Far-North QLD) but is becoming less common along the Eastern and Western coasts of Australia.

© iStock

Rufous owl - Australia’s second largest owl species is defined by its rufous coloured plumage.

© iStock

Rufous owl - It is confined to the Northern part of the country with its three sub-species inhabiting QLD, NT and WA.

© iStock

Rufous owl - After emerging from their hollow, the offspring of rufous and powerful owls are still covered in white downy feather.

© iStock

Eastern grass owl - The eastern grass owl is Australia’s only owl species that nests exclusively on the ground.

© iStock

Grass owl - The owl is known for its cricket-like trill call.

© iStock

Sooty owl - The Sooty Owl is the dark grey ghost of wet sclerophyll forests, hardly seen as it favours the dimly lit rainforest regions of south-eastern Australia.

© iStock

Sooty owl - Its contact call is recognised as a “bomb whistle” and is easily one of the scariest sounds of the night.

© iStock

Sooty owl - They favour large prey such as the Australian greater glider.

© iStock

Buffy fish-owl - The buffy fish-owl is a fairly large owl but is the smallest of the four species of fish-owl.

© iStock

Buffy fish-owl - In total length, this species can range from 38 to 48 cm

© iStock

Buffy fish-owl - Its natural habitat is wet tropical forests and other woody areas near water, including wooded banks of rivers, lakes and fish ponds.

© iStock

Southern boobook owl - The southern boobook, also known as the mopoke, is the smallest and most common native owl in Australia.

© iStock

Southern boobook owl - With a musical 'boo-book' call that echoes through forests and woodlands, the southern boobook is a great one to look out for while bird watching.

© iStock

Southern boobook owl - This speckled brown owl is found in open eucalypt forests and woodlands across eastern NSW.

© iStock

Australian masked owl - The Australian masked owl — a Tasmanian sub-species, is the largest Tyto owl in the world.

© iStock

Australian masked owl - This is one of our more elusive, shy owl species and can often be confused with the barn owl.

© iStock

Save our trees - Most of the Australian owl species rely heavily on old growth trees with hollows for breeding.

© iStock

Protection - Hollows take hundreds of years to form and land clearing is wiping out these trees at an alarming rate.

© iStock