Kingdom Animalia Order Strigiformes Genus Ninox Higher classification Ninox | Phylum Chordata Family Strigidae Scientific name Ninox meeki Rank Species | |
Similar Solomons boobook, New Britain boobook, Halmahera boobook, Togian boobook, Moluccan boobook | ||
The Manus boobook (Ninox meeki) is a small owl. It has an unmarked brown facial disk, rufous crown and back, barred white flight feathers and tail, and whitish underparts with rufous streaking.
This species is endemic to Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands. It lives mainly in forests, but will appear in trees humans, and will sometimes occupy riparian habitats. It is fairly common throughout its limited range.
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