Eastern Barn Owl

Eastern Barn Owl is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand and Australasia. The cosmopolitan barn owl is recognized by most taxonomic authorities. A few (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them into distinct species, as is done here. The species is native to southeastern Asia, New Zealand, and Australasia. in some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. They mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, after which a new pair bond may be formed. (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is often treated as a subspecies group of a cosmopolitan barn owl, though the International Ornithologists' Union separates it as its own species. It is nocturnal over most of its range and specialises in hunting on the ground, taking almost entirely small mammals that it locates by sound (Wikipedia, general species account). It mates for life, and the clutch averages about four eggs, laid in a tree hollow, old building or cliff fissure. (Wikipedia, general species account).