Biology:Tanimbar boobook

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Short description: Species of owl

Tanimbar boobook
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CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species:
N. forbesi
Binomial name
Ninox forbesi
Sclater, PL, 1883

The Tanimbar boobook, or Tanimbar hawk-owl (Ninox forbesi), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. 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.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox forbesi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T22727916A94965660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727916A94965660.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22727916/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018. 
  2. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3342040 entry