morepork ,
Tasmanian spotted owl
ninox novaeseelandiae latin

That was the first time I had seen a morepork in the wild.

The morepork call is said to be the most common native animal sound heard at night.

By night hear the call of the morepork and kiwi.

At night you would hear the cry of the owl, morepork.

Enjoy the stars and hear the morepork from your very private balcony.

At night you'll hear the call of the Morepork.

If you hear a commotion among the birds, it may be that they have found a morepork.

I won't have my wife looking like a morepork's widow.'

A morepork is the guardian of this family.

This is the morepork, keeping an eye on what is going on.

Maurice the Morepork is in residence occasionally under deck walkway.

The Morepork may be a small owl but is a powerful little hunting machine, which moves through the air with silence and great speed.

The morepork has a variety of calls, calling mainly at night and starting at dusk.

The morepork is the main native predator that hunts for weta at night.

The older two spotted over eight kiwi, and we all enjoyed hearing the calls of the morepork in the shadows.

Europeans thought that their call sounded like "Morepork".

This unnamed train was known locally as the Morepork, after a breed of native owl.

Kereru are present in good numbers, together with bellbird, tui and morepork.

It was considered to be the same species (conspecific) as the morepork of New Zealand until 2013.

This pleased him, and he lay there chuckling for some minutes, repeating 'morepork's widow'.

You will certainly hear the plaintive cry of the morepork, and probably that of the kiwi.

The bird had much the same reddish brown plumage as the morepork but was much larger and with a white face.

Larger birds (like the morepork) also become trapped when they try to predate on the ensnared bird.

It is an extinct subspecies of the morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae).

The hawk, falcon and morepork may get secondary poisoning from eating a targeted bird that is just about to die.

The morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae), also called the Tasmanian spotted owl, is a small brown owl found throughout New Zealand and Tasmania.

It is an extinct subspecies of the morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae).

Norfolk boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata - extinct (1996)

Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

Lord Howe boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria - extinct (1950s)

Coleoptera which includes Megadromus antarcticus are most common insect Ninox novaeseelandiae (morepork) prey upon.

Above: A boobook owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae) at its daytime roost below Nannygoat Hill.

Initially, using 10x40 Zeiss binoculars, there was sufficient light to clearly identify them as Southern Boobooks Ninox novaeseelandiae.

The morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae), also called the Tasmanian spotted owl, is a small brown owl found throughout New Zealand and Tasmania.

Boobook Owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae) The Boobook is the smallest and most well known of the Owls in Australasia.

The Lord Howe boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria), also known as the Lord Howe morepork, was a bird in the true owl family endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia.