Australia's largest owl, the Powerful Owl has a wingspan of up to 140 cm. In suburban Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, they're usually seen round remnant bushland, where they face issues including lack of nesting sites and collisions with cars and windows. We're securing a future for Powerful Owl
It’s hard to survive in the suburbs. Powerful Owls need ancient trees to nest in, and they roost during the day among dense leaves, but these trees are in short supply. Although they’re predators, Powerful Owls can be poisoned by rat bait.
The Powerful Owl Project aims to:
The Powerful Owl project is active in south-eastern Queensland and Greater Sydney.
Powerful Owls occur throughout the outer metro area, especially where there’s bushland nearby. Over the past 10 years, there’s been sightings closer to the city, even in the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Park.
Over the last 11 years, we’ve monitored more than 260 Powerful Owl territories, collecting data to help land managers look after the birds on their patch.
Our activities are impacting large areas of good breeding habitat in southern Queensland, with developers clearing owl habitat to cater for people moving to the area.
We need your help to understand where Powerful Owls breed and what we can do to protect them.
The largest of Australia’s owls, the Powerful Owl usually inhabits the moist forests of eastern Australia. Its main item of prey is possums of various species.
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