OK, they're actually called Boobook Owls, but all right-minded people call them mopokes due to their call.
The sun suddenly sinks, and the mopokes burst out into horrible peels of semi human laughter.
Multiple species windbreaks can be a habitat for owls, mopokes and other predatory birds which will eat the rats, mice and other vermin that cause havoc within an orchard.
1.1A tawny frogmouth.
冠裸鼻鸱（见FROGMOUTH ）
See frogmouth
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The large tawny frogmouth, or mopoke, is found in most of Australia and in Tasmania.