Avibase: Ninox strenua (Powerful Owl)

Powerful Owl

Ninox strenua (Gould, J 1838)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Eddy Smith	2017-10-24	Upper Kangaroo Valley, Municipality of Kiama, New South Wales, Kiama (Australia) (380 m)	call, female - Post Edit: High Pass Filter 250hrz. Normalization at -36b. Forest habitat . The owl began to call at 20:30 and continued for approximately 30 minutes with short intervals between each double 'whoo, whoo' call. bird-seen:no	748160 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Lance Rathbone	2021-03-17	Bellara Lake, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, Moreton Bay (Australia)	-	320397401 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Marc Anderson	2020-09-14	Royal National Park, New South Wales, Sutherland Shire - East (Australia) (30 m)	song - [sono]	1045858 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Caleb robins	2022-03-26	Warrandyte State Park--Jumping Creek Reserve, Manningham, Victoria, Australia, Manningham - East (Australia)	-	429814891 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Marc Anderson	2013-04-10	Royal National Park, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (30 m)	Female making faster pulsing call when male approached and landed in same tree, - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	134386 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Ben Milbourne	2026-02-20	, Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia)	-	651372394 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Joel Poyitt	2023-12-18	, Parramatta (Australia)	-	612372732 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Trevor Speirs	2024-08-01	Bullarto, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Hepburn - East (Australia) (750 m)	Bleating call - An adult breeding Powerful Owl emitting a bleating call while perched close to breeding hollow. Tall eucalyptus forest	926485 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Marc Anderson	2020-09-14	Royal National Park, New South Wales, Sutherland Shire - East (Australia) (30 m)	song - [sono]	1045856 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Edward Smith	2017-10-24	, Wingecarribee (Australia)	-	484002191 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Marc Anderson	2013-09-02	Royal National Park (near Wollongong), New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (40 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	174183 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Greg McLachlan	2018-08-16	Centennial Park, New South Wales, Australia (Australia)	begging call, call -	431053 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Heather Williams	2025-06-02	, Hurstville (Australia)	-	638082866 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Lance Rathbone	2021-03-17	Bellara Lake, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, Moreton Bay (Australia)	-	320399071 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Rohan Long	2019-05-13	Yonde Court, Greensborough, Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia, Nillumbik (Australia)	- Heard an owl calling from my bedroom, went outside and recorded one call before my stupid neighbour came out and scared it away. Initially assumed it was an atypical Boobook call as they are resident in the neighbourhood but am now quite sure it was a Powerful Owl.	158451191 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Greg Neill	2022-01-23	Octantis St Park (Coorparoo), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane (Australia)	-	409166961 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Greg McLachlan	2018-08-16	Centennial Park (Sydney), Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, Randwick (Australia)	- Trilling made by a chick which has just left the nest hollow for good and is taking its first flights. At least one if not both of the adults were present the entire time while the chick left the nest and climbed higher up the nest tree. Occasionally one of the adults would fly further afield only to return. The adults did not vocalise. The chick eventually flew into one of the nearby trees (paperbark).	169198551 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Proust Lee	2026-06-17	, Wingecarribee (Australia)	-	659901346 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Jack Nguy?n	2021-03-10	Reynolds Reserve, Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia, Nillumbik (Australia)	-	318129331 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Rolf A. de By	1992-12-01	Grey Gum Picnic Area (near Mount Coot-Tha), Brisbane City, Queensland, Brookfield (incl. Brisbane Forest Park) (Australia) (260 m)	call - Juvenile (begging?) call bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	470617 xeno-canto.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Jesse Gibson	2017-09-17	Freeman Avenue Reserve (Oatley), Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, Hurstville (Australia)	-	69109321 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Jesse Gibson	2017-09-17	Freeman Avenue Reserve (Oatley), Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, Hurstville (Australia)	-	69109241 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Sreekar Rachakonda	2022-05-25	, Brisbane (Australia)	-	453337781 macaulaylibrary.org
Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua	Joel Poyitt	2026-05-11	, The Hills (Australia)	-	657181605 macaulaylibrary.org

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