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Barking owl

Ninox connivens (Latham, 1801)

LCLeast Concernowls

The barking owl (Ninox connivens) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 568.5 g to 694 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Barking owl (Ninox connivens)
Photo: Vicki Nunn · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the barking owl

Weight
568.5 g – 694 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
36 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the barking owl live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The barking owl is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the barking owl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The barking owl (Ninox connivens) or barking boobook, also known as the winking owl, is a nocturnal bird species native to mainland Australia and parts of New Guinea and the Moluccas. They are medium-sized brown owls and have a characteristic voice with calls ranging from a barking dog noise to an intense human-like howl.

From the Wikipedia article “Barking owl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barking_owl&oldid=1376714421), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the barking owl sound like?

Ethmostigmus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the barking owl endangered?

The barking owl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the barking owl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderStrigiformes
  5. familyStrigidae
  6. genusNinox
  7. SpeciesNinox connivens (Latham, 1801)

Synonyms Falco connivens

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Barking boobookEnglish
  • Barking boobookEnglish
  • nínox cridanerCatalan
  • sovka štěkaváCzech
  • gwalchdylluan gyfarthogWelsh
  • Gøende HøgeugleDanish
  • KläfferkauzGerman
  • bojkria nizostrigoEsperanto
  • Ninox ladradorSpanish
  • Nínox ladradorSpanish
  • koer-haugaskakkEstonian
  • koirapöllöFinnish
  • Ninoxe aboyeuseFrench
  • smeđoglava ćukušaCroatian
  • ugató bagolyHungarian
  • Pungguk gonggongIndonesian
  • Civetta ululanteItalian
  • Gufastore abbaianteItalian
  • オーストラリアアオバズクJapanese
  • lojančioji aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
  • BlafuilDutch
  • bjeffeugleNorwegian
  • sowica szczekliwaPolish
  • coruja-ladradoraPortuguese
  • coruja-do-descascamentoPortuguese
  • coruja-gavião-ladradoraPortuguese
  • Лающая иглоногая соваRussian
  • sovka štekaváSlovak
  • Lajavi bubukSerbian
  • skällande spökugglaSwedish
  • Havlayan BubukTurkish
  • сова-голконіг плямистаUkrainian
  • 吠鷹鴞Chinese
  • 吠鹰鸮Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the barking owl

Other species in the same genus Ninox.

LC, Least Concern
Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

Morepork

Ninox novaeseelandiae

Strigidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the barking owl?

An adult barking owl weighs 568.5 g – 694 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the barking owl live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the barking owl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the barking owl endangered?

The barking owl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the barking owl?

The barking owl (Ninox connivens) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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BibTeX
@misc{barking_owl_2026,
  title = {Barking owl (Ninox connivens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barking-owl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}