Australasian Grass Owl

Tyto longimembris longimembris ‡

Marks Lane, Atherton, FNE Qld IMG_5337 20221024 - female

Notes: Facial disk broad, squarish, w. small eyes. Legs long, in flight feet clearly trail behind tail.
Buff-brown band across breast, diagnostic if present. Male dark brown & golden-buff above; facial
disc & underparts whitish, tinged orange-buff; underparts w. sparse blackish dots. Female larger;
richer buff tinges on face & underparts, coarser dark spotting on underparts. Localised in dense
low treeless vegetation. Hunts w. glides & hovers, plunging head-first into grass.

Range from Pizzy & Knight©(modified)