Biology:Moluccan boobook

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Biology:Moluccan boobook
Species complex of Ninox owls
Ninox hypogramma, Halmahera boobook
Ninox hypogramma, Halmahera boobook
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species complex including[1]
  • Ninox forbesi (PL Sclater, 1883)
  • Ninox hypogramma (GR Gray, 1861)
  • Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850)
  • Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863)

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.

Taxonomy

Species

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 10557903. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. "Family Strigidae". International Ornithological Congress. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/Family/Strigidae.