Barking Owl
Ninox connivens
Family: Strigidae (Hawk Owls (Typical Owls), 4 species in Australia)
Size: 40cm
Distribution: VIC, NSW, Most of QLD except the southwest parts, northern NT, parts of WA
Status: Common
Habitat: Woodlands, forests.
References: Simpson and Day, Reader's Digest
The Barking Owl has an unusual call that sounds like a barking dog.

Photo: Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney NSW. High Resolution (1267 x 1747)
Some Birdwatching Resources
NEW: Know Your Birds, by Louise Egerton. Revised edition 3 July 2019. Paperback / softback, 176 pages. It has an orange cover. The original edition was 2005 and has a blue cover. Some of the book sellers listed here show the photo from the original/older blue cover edition, but the rest of the info (including the publication date and ISBN) are from the newer revised 2019 edition, so presumably that's the one you'll get.
This book has very high quality large photographs of the birds (as in actual photographs). Most of the photos take up a whole page for each bird photograph. "Know Your Birds" only has a selection of the most common birds, and not all the birds that are found in Australia. This makes it very good for beginners — since most of the field guides have all the birds — and it can be confusing looking at six almost identical species of birds, not knowing that five of them are rare and it's probably the common one that you're looking for. Which would be the only one listed in this book.
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