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Breeding season: December to February. Males call from concealed floating vegetation within waterbodies. Usually spawn in a small water-filled burrow or under thick vegetation in dams, ditches and slow flowing streams. Eggs (750-1250 and unpigmented) are laid in a foam mass. Tadpoles hatch when the water rises to flood the burrow.

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Oviparous (egg laying) with a clutch size of two.

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Oviparous (egg laying) with a clutch size of two.

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Breeding season: August to January. Clutch size is two. Nest is a small cup of twigs, grass and bark, combed with hair and spider's web, built in a tree fork, generally between 1-5 m from the ground. Females build the nest and incubate the eggs. Both parents feed the young. Adults feed while perched or hovering.

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Breeding season: October to December, in the south. Clutch size is two to three. Breeds in colonies, often alongside cormorants, ibises and other egrets. The nest is a large platform of sticks placed in a tree over water. Both sexes construct the nest. The nest from previous years may often be used. Both sexes incubate eggs and care for the young.

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The Eastern Barn Owl is nocturnal. During the day, the birds roost in hollow logs, caves or on concealed tree branches, emerging at night to hunt.

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Breeding season: July to December. Clutch size is two to four. They walk rather than hop. Mostly seen on the ground.

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Oviparous (egg laying) with a single clutch. Mating occurs in spring, with females laying one to seven eggs in summer.

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Oviparous (egg laying) with a clutch size of two.

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