Editing Morepork (section)

==Behaviour==
They are usually seen singly, in pairs, or in small family groups of an adult pair and up to three young.

[[Swamp harrier]]s could feasibly prey on young moreporks.{{sfn|Higgins|1999|p=867}}

During the day, moreporks sleep in roosts. Although mainly [[nocturnal]], they are sometimes active at [[crepuscular|dawn and dusk]]. The main hunting times are evenings and mornings, with brief bursts of activity through the night. On dark nights, they often perch through the middle hours, and particularly if the weather is bad, may hunt by daylight, instead.

===Breeding===
[[File:Morepork ninox novaeseelandiae-511879 (cropped).jpg|alt=Image of medium-sized egg from Ninox novaeseelandiae|thumb|Egg from ''N. novaeseelandiae'' in the collection of [[Auckland War Memorial Museum|Auckland Museum]]]]
Moreporks nest anywhere the trees are large enough to have hollows.{{sfn|Higgins|1999|p=854}}

===Feeding===
Although their main hunting technique is perch-and-pounce, they are agile birds with a swift, goshawk-like wing action and the ability to maneuver rapidly when pursuing prey or [[Hawking (birds)|hawking]] for insects.

They hunt a variety of animals – mainly large invertebrates including scarab and [[huhu beetle]]s, [[moth]]s and caterpillars, spiders, [[grasshopper]]s, and in New Zealand, [[wētā]]. They also take almost any suitably sized [[prey]], particularly small birds, rats, and mice. They can find suitable food in pine forests as well as native forest.