Brown Hawk-Owl

This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.

The Brown Hawk-Owl is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

November 2009 a Brown Hawk-Owl was occupying that particular tree hole and nature wardens were seeing to it that there would be no human disturbances. Hopefully the breeding would be successful. This post is a cooperative effort between NaturePixels.org and BESG to bring the study of bird behaviour through photography to a wider audience. More

The Brown Hawk-Owl, only the second record for North America and Alaska, was one of the birds that likely succumbed to this fatal attraction. A series of photographs of the specimen can be viewed at www.mun.ca/serg/brownhawkowl.html. Kiska Island is in the Rat Islands group of the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at 51°58′2″N 177°29′31″E / 51.96722, 177.49194 Coordinates: 51°58′2″N 177°29′31″E / 51.96722, 177.49194. Kiska is about 22 miles long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles. More