Powerful Owl - Foraging

Foraging

The Powerful Owl is a nocturnal predator of forests and woodlands. Its diet consists largely of arboreal marsupials such as the Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), ringtail possums, brushtail possums, Koala, Sugar Glider and Feathertail Glider, as well as grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus). The Greater Glider and the Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) are especially prominent in the Powerful Owl's diet in some regions. They will also feed on nocturnal birds such as the Tawny Frogmouth and roosting diurnal birds such as cockatoos and parrots, kookaburras, currawongs and honeyeaters. Insects may supplement the diet and are typically taken on the wing. The vast majority of prey is taken from trees including unlikely items such as rock-wallabies that sometimes take refuge in powerful trees.