Kingdom Animalia Order Strigiformes Genus Ninox Higher classification Ninox | Phylum Chordata Family Strigidae Scientific name Ninox theomacha Rank Species | |
Similar New Britain boobook, Solomons boobook, Halmahera boobook, Togian boobook, Ochre‑bellied boobook | ||
The Papuan boobook, jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl (Ninox theomacha) is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.
It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, living mainly on the forests' edges. It is a resident of New Guinea and Papua New Guinea.
References
Papuan boobook Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA