Speckled Hawk-Owl (Ninox punctulata)

Other Names (World)
Speckled Boobook, Speckled Hawk-Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Sulawesi, including Kabaena, Muna and Butung Is.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of some 15 rising and accelerating notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Speckled Boobook (Ninox punctulata) [XC105374]
by Ding Li Yong from Palolo, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia (call)

Speckled Boobook (Ninox) [XC193911]
by Yann Muzika from Sulawesi, near Wuasa, Indonesia (call, song, territorial dispute?)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Considered by some authors to be close to Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl (Ninox ochracea), but this apparently far from the case.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Speckled Hawk-Owl (Ninox punctulata) - 10 files

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