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Moluccan boobook

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Strigidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Strigiformes

Genus
  
Ninox

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Similar
  
Halmahera boobook, Togian boobook, Solomons boobook, Sumba boobook, New Britain boobook

The Moluccan boobook or Moluccan hawk-owl group (Ninox sp.), are a group of owls in the family Strigidae. They are found in Indonesia. The three species used to be considered conspecific. Natural habitat for all species is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Species

Most taxonomists recognize three species:

  • Ninox forbesi (PL Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar boobook - Tanimbar Islands
  • Ninox hypogramma (GR Gray, 1861) - Halmahera boobook - northern Maluku Islands of Halmahera, Ternate, and Bacan
  • Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) - nominate - Hantu boobook- Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
  • Ninox squamipila hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands

    • References

    Moluccan boobook Wikipedia
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