Families of the Spotted Wood Owl have been recorded in various parks like Pasir Ris Park and the Singapore Botanic Gardens.īrown Boobooks (aka Brown Hawk-Owls) are uncommon residents of our forests and can often be found in pairs. They can be seen in our parks and gardens and are easily recognisable with their orange facial discs and barred underparts.

Spotted Wood Owls have a deep booming call and partners can often be heard duetting. They are a rich buff colour overall, with large yellow eyes paired with a white unibrow. As their name suggests, fish makes up a big part of their diet and hence they are usually found close to waterbodies. Sunda Scops Owls can be told apart from the migratory Oriental Scops Owls by their dark eyes and finely-streaked underparts.īuffy Fish Owls produce a screeching call that echoes through the night. They can be frequently encountered in a variety of wooded habitats and they feed mostly on insects.

Sunda Scops Owls have a distinctive high-pitched note call that stands out from the nocturnal soundscape. In this article, let’s listen to the calls of 5 owls in Singapore and learn about their favourite haunts. To detect owls in the field, it is crucial to learn their calls since they are often heard instead of seen. Their name in Malay, burung hantu, which translates to “ghost bird”, aptly describes their habits (and they are certainly the preferred type of hantu to see). Owls are nocturnal birds of prey that are well-adapted for life at night, with big light-collecting eyes and serrated feathers that power a stealthy flight. During this time, however, a group of birds start to become active, having spent much of the day resting – Owls. As night approaches, most birds settle in to roost.

Owl sounds at night