CD3-14: Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, July 1986. As it became dark, I recorded a series of deep hoots given in flight (CD3-18). Nasal-sounding calls, possibly soliciting calls of female. 100418.MR.194152.01. Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus. Series of hoots in flight at dusk. In Eurasian Eagle-Owl B bubo, a similar but deeper and harsher call is the female’s soliciting call, heard especially around the time of egg-laying. The pools on the road filled up with toads and at night, only the owls disturbed them. Greyish Eagle-Owl is the odd one out, having dark brown iris with pinkish orbital ring. Typical duet - Grahamstown, South Africa. Background: Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans and Dhofar Toad Bufo dhufarensis. Jelmer Poelstra. CC Lynette Rudman. Prior to 1999 th… The male Arabian Eagle-Owl in CD3-13 is a different individual that was also hunting toads during the July monsoon. Hooting of a male. In Spotted Eagle-Owl, older young have a wheezing begging call (Laidler 2010), higher-pitched than that of Eurasian Eagle-Owl or indeed Pharaoh Eagle-Owl B ascalaphus, which also breeds in Arabia. Every few seconds he croons two notes, the first longer than the second (CD3-12). The Cornell Lab will send you updates about birds, birding, and opportunities to help bird conservation. It will be 12 years before Ramadan coincides with the monsoon again. Bubo is here to hunt Bufo. Perhaps they also preferred to avoid the thick mist of stinging insects that emerge on monsoon nights. His hooting is slower than most, with phrases 4.3 seconds long. The first time I heard these single-note, slightly nasal calls, they seemed to be given in reply to another individual that was hooting. Known as "The Sound of Owls", Great horned owls are especially known for their hooting sound, which involves two short, deep “hoo” sounds followed by a long “hooooooo.”These owl noises are usually territorial and can be heard for several miles. The Sound Approach aim to popularise birdsong and raise standards in the use of sounds in bird identification. In CD3-16, five Arabian are hooting, although two of them are almost inaudible. this sound is public domain. 140221.MR.184524.12. There are probably no more than 25 pairs in northern Oman today (Jennings 2010). Owls(Order: Strigiformes, Family:Strigidae). CD3-16: Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi Wadi Darbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19:52, 18 April 2010. He was apparently unaware of earlier descriptions of Spotted Eagle-Owl (Temminck 1821) or Greyish Eagle-Owl (Guérin-Méneville 1843). Download Owl sound effects in mp3 format for free without login or sign-up and find similar sounds at Quick Sounds library. The owl's signal call—used by adult males and females to mark and defend territory, and by males delivering food to females—is a series of four hooted notes, with the middle two closest together. 19 The Quay The owl is not here by chance. It could only have been an Arabian Eagle-Owl, although I have no idea what the sound ‘meant’. Should the opportunity arise, Bubo may well hunt Bubo. Where they meet, at least one of them is usually rare, and Arabian’s preference for wooded areas probably reduces contact to a minimum. To date, there have been no genetic studies involving all three of these former subspecies. It is surprising that the specimen came from northern Oman, because nobody found the species there again for a century. Between 1986 and 1991 for example, Pharaoh replaced Arabian at all known breeding wadis near Taïf in Saudi Arabia (Martins & Hirschfeld 1998). Arabian Eagle-Owl has bright yellow eyes, surrounded by a black orbital ring (and black spot on eye-lid). Elsewhere, the breeding range stretches from Dhofar in southern Oman through parts of Yemen to the western highlands of Saudi Arabia, much the same as that of Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae. Approximate breeding distribution of Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi (green) , Spotted Eagle-Owl B africanus (pink) and Greyish Eagle-Owl B cinerascens (orange) Recording locations indicated by red dots. During our most recent visit in February 2014, the eagle-owls were very quiet. Soon some Dhofar Toads Bufo dhufarensis strike up a chorus. Left: Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi, Wadi Darbat, Dhofar, Oman, 18 July 2013 (Arnoud B van den Berg). Sharpe had received his holotype from Colonel S B Miles, a British political agent and Consul in Muscat who travelled extensively in southern Arabia from 1872 to 1886. Get Instant ID help for 650+ North American birds. Typical call - Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi, Wadi Darbat, Dhofar, Oman, 16 July 2013 (Arnoud B van den Berg). During an earlier visit in April 2010, René and I heard many Arabian Eagle-Owls but saw none. So the Arabians of Taïf may not have been merely ‘replaced’. Its length is 45 centimetres (18 in) and its weight is from 454 to 907 grams (1.0 to 2.0 lb). David Moyer & The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In July 2013, Arnoud and Cecilia spent a week at Wadi Darbat in Dhofar, southern Oman. The male Arabian Eagle-Owl in CD3-13 is a different individual that was also hunting toads during the July monsoon. Compare CD3-14. Despite this, the phrases are much shorter than in Arabian. Arabian Eagle-Owl is one of the smallest members of the genus Bubo and has a diet to match. This large, brown-eyed owl lives in mature forests of the West, from the giant old growth of British Columbia and Washington, to California's oak woodlands and the steep canyons of the Southwest. The typical call is a soft, booming “whooo-whooo” or “whoo-are-you?”. CD3-17 illustrates a different sound of Arabian Eagle-Owl recorded during that same April visit. >>> Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus >>>. At same site as in CD3-15. England, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/12-Arabian-Eagle-Owl-Hooting-Of-Presumed-Male-Then-Chorus-Of-Dhofar-Toads.wav, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/5CD3-13WAV48eSona.m4v, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/5CD3-14WAV48eSona.m4v, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/5CD3-15WAV48eSona-ed.m4v, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/16-Arabian-Eagle-Owl-Hooting-Of-Five-Individuals-At-Dusk.wav, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/5CD3-17WAV48eSona.m4v, https://soundapproach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/5CD3-18WAV48eSona.m4v. Greyish also has a finely marked head and neck, but differs from both Arabian and Spotted in being darker and having a colder tone to its plumage. You can support The Sound Approach by clicking here. That year, the holy month of Ramadan coincided with the start of the monsoon. When Richard Bowdler Sharpe described Arabian Eagle-Owl in 1886, he compared it to eagle-owls from Asia, Europe and South America, and to Cape Eagle-Owl B capensis from Africa. The spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus; also known as the African spotted eagle-owl and the African eagle-owl) is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the eagle owls. Perhaps same bird as in CD3-13. However, their two notes are much shorter than those of Arabian, and the whole phrase is delivered in less than half the time. Subjects of particular interest include ageing and sexing birds by their sounds, and recognising hidden biodiversity, ‘new species’, through bird sounds. Owls with dark eyes usually lead the darkest lives (Galeotti & Rubolini 2007). Hooting duet of male and female, starting with the male. The facial disk is off white to pale ochre and the eyes are yellow. Spotted Owls give up to 13 different hooting, barking, and whistling calls, although only a few are common. The gaps between hoots have been shortened by about 30%. Fledged young give a similar high-pitched whistle to beg for food. Hooting of a presumed male. One windy evening, I put a microphone under a cliff from which a male had been calling four years earlier. Typical call - South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. Shortly after midnight, a male Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi lands on a sturdy branch overlooking a monsoon pool in southern Oman.