New Zealand Morepork Ninox novaehollandiae ?

["Paul & Irene Osborn" <>]

As a child of seven I was taken into the playground at school, by the 
teacher, to see a Tawny Frogmouth, which she called a Mopoke. The confusion 
in names arose because people didn't actually see the bird calling, so 
attributed the call of the Boobook (the most commonly heard of the night 
birds) to the Frogmouth ( the most commonly seen). The call of the Frogmouth 
is very easily overlooked by lay people, the call just doesn't register to 
them, unless it is very close.
Paul Osborn

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