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The Christmas Island hawk-owl is a small, rufous-brown hawk-owl with a barred breast, dark chestnut facial mask, whitish brow, lores and throat, yellow eyes, legs and feet. It is approximately 26–29 cm in length and 130-190 grams in weight with the female slightly larger than the male. Its double-noted hoot, boo-book, has a clucking quality with the second note usually lower in pitch. The begging call of juveniles is a high-pitched trill. Vocalisations are similar to those described for the Australian boobook (Ninox boobook) and include individual variation in advertisement calls.
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When to see the Christmas Boobook
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Christmas Boobook
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia.
About the Christmas Boobook
The Christmas boobook, also known as the Christmas hawk owl, Christmas Island boobook or Christmas Island hawk owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
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Easily confused with
Buru BoobookNinox hantuThe Buru boobook is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
Timor BoobookNinox fuscaThe Timor boobook is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
Tasmanian BoobookNinox leucopsisThe Tasmanian boobook, also known as the Tasmanian spotted owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
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