The size and style of dwelling best suits the golden masked owl's nesting behavior which involves laying an average of 2 to 3 eggs.

The golden masked owl dwelling also serves to protect newly born owlets in the period of time between when they hatch and when they are able to live independently which is roughly 80 days.

[5] The golden masked owl's primary habitat, as previously stated is lowland or coniferous forests on the island of New Britain which is located off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

[6] Their current habitat range is roughly 63,000 square kilometers;[6] however, the status of forests and the larger ecoregion on New Britain and neighboring New Ireland have since been labeled as “critical/endangered” by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

[6] Habitat loss in the case of the golden masked owls can be directly attributed to deforestation on New Britain island which is a product of large-scale infrastructure projects, agricultural expansion, and commercial logging.