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title: "Powerful Owl"
description: "Ninox strenua — Uccelli. The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/powerful-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Powerful Owl

> Ninox strenua — Uccelli. The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent.

- Scientific name: *Ninox strenua*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4273
- Wikidata: [Q370297](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370297)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20115)

## Names

- en: Powerful Owl
- de: Riesenkauz
- es: Nínox robusto
- fr: Ninoxe puissante
- nl: Grote valkuil
- pl: Sowica wielka

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3901)

## Summary

The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than 200 km (120 mi) inland. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species also refers to this species as the powerful boobook.
An apex predator in its narrow distribution,  powerful owls are often opportunists, like most predators, but generally are dedicated to hunting arboreal mammals, in particular small to medium-sized marsupials. Such prey can comprise about three-quarters of their diet. Generally, this species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerful_owl

## Photo

![Powerful Owl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/powerful-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: tallarook · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163592284

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/powerful-owl?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).