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Papuan Boobook

Ninox theomacha

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 125 g
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 1
Photo: Donna Belder · CC BY 4.0
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 3
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 4
Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 5
Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 6
Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 7
Photo: (c) Donna Belder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Papuan Boobook

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Papuan Boobook

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the Papuan Boobook

The Papuan boobook, jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Andaman Boobook (Ninox affinis) Andaman BoobookNinox affinisThe Andaman boobook or Andaman hawk-owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Luzon Boobook (Ninox philippensis) Luzon BoobookNinox philippensisThe Luzon boobook is one of the smallest of the owls in the Philippine hawk-owl complex. Hume's BoobookNinox obscuraHume's boobook or Hume's hawk-owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae endemic to the Andaman Islands.

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