Where can you see the Barking Owl?
Some of the best places to see the Barking Owl in the wild include Kakadu National Park (Australia), Carnarvon National Park (Australia) and Lamington National Park (Australia) — among 24 wildlife hotspots across Australia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Ben Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBlue Mountains National Park
Australia
+220 birds+43 mammals
Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBoodjamulla National Park
Australia
+142 birds+3 mammals
Where red sandstone gorges carve through the semi-arid interior of far north Queensland, Boodjamulla National Park reveals a landscape shaped by seasonal water availability and ancient…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBouddi National Park
Gosford, Australia
+147 birds+17 mammals
Sandstone ridges rise sharply from the Tasman Sea along the central New South Wales coast, their weathered faces etched by millennia of salt spray and storm…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCarnarvon National Park
Philadelphia, Australia
+179 birds+17 mammals
Across 15,000 square kilometres of inland Queensland, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above eucalypt woodlands and open grasslands, carved by creeks that have worn deep gorges into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Australia
+229 birds+12 mammals
Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+362 birds+37 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirringun National Park
Australia
+231 birds+10 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrampians National Park
Australia
+214 birds+18 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the Western District of Victoria, Grampians National Park unfolds across rolling terrain sculpted by ancient geology and sustained by a temperate…
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