Identification: Large bird with distinct, yellow eyes and huge, yellow legs and feet. It has a dark brown upper body with white to light brown barring. The underbody is dull white with brown V-shaped barring.

Call/Song: A distinctive whoo-hoo call that can be heard for far distances.

 
Found from Portland (Victoria) to Dawson River, near Rockhampton (Queensland). It ranges from the coast to about 160 km inland.

Habitat: Inhabits wetter heavily timbered forests, such as wet sclerophyll forests.

Feeding: Eats various medium sized animals including other birds.

Breeding/Nesting: Breeds May to September; nests are built in the hollow limbs of trees, and are lined with wood dust.

Movement: Is a solitary, nocturnal animal and roosts during the day in the hollow limbs of large trees, or amongst dense foliage. 

Other Common Names: Eagle owl, great scrub owl. 

Status: This animal is in decline and is classified as vulnerable under the Nature Conservation Act (Qld).

  
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Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Reader's Digest Services (1979) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.