• anon6789@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      Spectacled is a great guess with how well defined that face is, but Specky has yellow eyes and is much more solid in color scheme.

      This is an equally awesome owl though. I don’t know if we’ve ever had one on this community before, which is a big reason I’m glad this poster is here! This is an African Wood Owl, and this specific subspecies should be Woodford’s Owl.

      • casmael@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 months ago

        Wow amazing I have never heard of this species of owl before! He is a very handsome fellow, and tbh would fit the ‘spectacled owl’ name rather well. He looks deep in thought does he not. Lovely plumage on the breast in particular imo. 🦉

        • anon6789@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          To my recollection, we’ve looked at the Asiatic wood owls, the Mottled and Spotted, but there’s a few African subspecies ones and a few Brown ones in Asia.

          This one looks like a Barred Owl with a candy corn color scheme. Like a limited Thanksgiving edition! 😁

  • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    That is one alien looking animal, those eyes see straight through my soul

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    Beautiful owl once again. You get to see so many amazing animals!

    I love the unique ring around the eyes of the wood owls.