That's a REALLY hard question. Got loads of love for the barn owl, cos they're proper stop-and-stare beautiful and seeing one in the wild got me into owls. But for your more exotic owl interest, the Blakiston's fish owl is a big round bastard of weird owly charm: http://www.owlpages.com/image.php?image=species-Bubo-blakistoni-2
That's a REALLY hard question. Got loads of love for the barn owl, cos they're proper stop-and-stare beautiful and seeing one in the wild got me into owls. But for your more exotic owl interest, the Blakiston's fish owl is a big round bastard of weird owly charm: http://www.owlpages.com/image.php?image=species-Bubo-blakistoni-2
Also love the spectacled owl and his lovely fluffy trousers: http://www.screechowlsanctuary.co.uk/owl-directory/american-owls/spectacled-owl/aztec/