Biology:Togian boobook
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Short description: Species of owl
| Togian boobook | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. burhani
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| Ninox burhani Indrawan & Somadikarta, 2004
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The Togian boobook or Togian hawk-owl (Ninox burhani) is an owl (Strigidae) described as new to science in 2004. The bird is currently known only from three islands in the Togian group, an archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species was discovered on 25 December 1999.
The scientific name honours a local Indonesian conservationist called Burhan.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Ninox burhani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22732909A111289520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22732909A111289520.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22732909/111289520. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- Indrawan, M. and S. Somadikarta (2004). A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124:160-171
- BirdLife Species factsheet Retrieved on 22 May 2007.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1273941 entry
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