Jungle Hawk-Owl (Ninox theomacha)

Other Names (World)
Jungle Boobook, Jungle Hawk-Owl, Sooty-backed Hawk-owl, Chestnut Hawk-owl, Papuan Boobook(!), Papuan Boobook Owl(!) , Jungle Boobook Owl, Brown Owl(!)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
20 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha) [XC267835]
by Frank Lambert from Keki Lodge area, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha) [XC301441]
by JACOB Herv\u00e9 from Syoubri, Arfak Mountains, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Proposed treatments as member of species-group that includes Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook), Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae), Seram Boobook (Ninox squamipila), Manus Hawk-Owl (Ninox meeki), Bismarck Hawk-Owl (Ninox variegata) and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

hoedtii (Bonaparte, 1855) - Waigeo and Misool Is.
theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855) - New Guinea.
goldii Gurney Sr, 1883 - D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough, Fergusson, Normanby).
rosseliana Tristram, 1889 - Louisiade Archipelago (Tagula, Rossel).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Jungle Hawk-Owl (Ninox theomacha) - 10 files

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