The Moluccan boobook or Moluccan hawk-owl group (Ninox spp.), are a group of owls in the family Strigidae.[2] They are found in Indonesia. Once consider a single species, the four species are now considered part of a species complex.[1] Natural habitat for all species is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Moluccan boobook Species complex of Ninox owls
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| Ninox hypogramma, Halmahera boobook | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species complex including[1] | |
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Taxonomy edit
Species edit
Most taxonomists recognize four species:[2][1]
- 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) - Seram boobook- Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
- Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru boobook - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands
References edit
- ^ a b c Gwee, Chyi Yin; Christidis, Les; Eaton, James A.; Norman, Janette A.; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Rheindt, Frank E. (2017). "Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 246–258. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.024. ISSN 1055-7903.
- ^ a b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Strigidae". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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