About the Mindoro Boobook
The Mindoro boobook or Mindoro hawk-owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae that is endemic to the Philippines.
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Among the Philippine hawk-owl species complex, it is distinguished by the fine barring on its head and belly and its overall darker plumage. The Mindoro boobook is an earless species. The males and females look much alike. It is medium-sized at 20cm tall, along with the Sulu boobook, in the Philippine hawk-owl species complex. This is in between the larger Camiguin boobook, Romblon boobook and Cebu boobook at 25cm and the smaller Luzon boobook and Mindanao boobook which are 15 to 18cm tall.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rote BoobookNinox rotiensisThe Rote boobook is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
Alor BoobookNinox plesseniThe Alor boobook is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
Camiguin BoobookNinox leventisiAmong the species complex, this owl is unique in that its eyes are striking greenish-yellow versus the standard yellow or reddish-brown eyes of the rest of its related species.
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