Spectacled is a great guess with how well defined that face is, but Specky has yellow eyes and is much more solid in color scheme.
This is an equally awesome owl though. I don’t know if we’ve ever had one on this community before, which is a big reason I’m glad this poster is here! This is an African Wood Owl, and this specific subspecies should be Woodford’s Owl.
Wow amazing I have never heard of this species of owl before! He is a very handsome fellow, and tbh would fit the ‘spectacled owl’ name rather well. He looks deep in thought does he not. Lovely plumage on the breast in particular imo. 🦉
To my recollection, we’ve looked at the Asiatic wood owls, the Mottled and Spotted, but there’s a few African subspecies ones and a few Brown ones in Asia.
This one looks like a Barred Owl with a candy corn color scheme. Like a limited Thanksgiving edition! 😁
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Spectacled is a great guess with how well defined that face is, but Specky has yellow eyes and is much more solid in color scheme.
This is an equally awesome owl though. I don’t know if we’ve ever had one on this community before, which is a big reason I’m glad this poster is here! This is an African Wood Owl, and this specific subspecies should be Woodford’s Owl.
Wow amazing I have never heard of this species of owl before! He is a very handsome fellow, and tbh would fit the ‘spectacled owl’ name rather well. He looks deep in thought does he not. Lovely plumage on the breast in particular imo. 🦉
To my recollection, we’ve looked at the Asiatic wood owls, the Mottled and Spotted, but there’s a few African subspecies ones and a few Brown ones in Asia.
This one looks like a Barred Owl with a candy corn color scheme. Like a limited Thanksgiving edition! 😁