Biology:Seram boobook

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Seram boobook
Ninox squamipila Keulemans.jpg
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species:
N. squamipila
Binomial name
Ninox squamipila
(Bonaparte, 1850)

The Seram boobook (Ninox squamipila) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Seram, Kelang and Ambon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.

It is known to make loud vocalizations in the early evening.[3]

It eats wild rats and snakes.[3]

Taxonomy

The Seram boobook is part of a species complex that comprises four species. All four species used to be considered as part of a single species, the Moluccan boobook, which was classified under the scientific name Ninox squamipila used in a broader sense.[1][4]

The four species of Moluccan boobook currently recognised are:

  • Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) - Seram boobook - Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
  • 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 hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru boobook - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox squamipila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22727893A94965117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727893A94965117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22727893/94965117. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Persulessy, Yan Eliazer; Putuhena, J.D (2020-12-30). "A Keragaman dan Populasi Burung Endemik pada Hotspot Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi Wae Sapalewa Seram Utara". MAKILA 14 (2): 99–113. doi:10.30598/makila.v14i2.2930. ISSN 2746-7155. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/makila.v14i2.2930. 
  4. Gwee, Chyi Yin; Christidis, Leslie; Eaton, James A.; Norman, Janette A.; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Phillippe; 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: 246–58. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.024. PMID 28017857. 
  • Norman, J.A., L. Christidis, M. Westerman, and F.A. Richard-Hall. 1998. Molecular data confirm the species status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis. Emu 98: 197–208.
  • Rheindt, F.E., and R.O. Hutchinson. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (southern Moluccas). BirdingASIA 7: 18–38.

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