Australian boobook
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The Australian boobook, is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered
Boobook Owl
The c. 1790 painting by Thomas Watling on which Latham's description is based
Illustration of N. b. fusca by J. G. Keulemans
Red boobook – N. b. lurida
Ninox
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Ninox is a genus of true owls comprising 36 extant and one extinct species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk-owls or boobooks, but the northern hawk-owl is not a member of
Australian boobook
…and S. maculatus from southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Meanwhile, in India, English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson had established the genus Ninox in 1837, and his countryman Edward Blyth placed the Australian boobook in the new genus in 1849. Australian boobook has been designated the official…
Morepork Maunga
Seram boobook (N. squamipila) (left); Timor boobook (N. fusca) (right)
Paleoglaux artophoron hccmoss