Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 125 g

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 1 — Photo: Donna Belder · CC BY 4.0

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 2 — Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 3 — Photo: Hoedt D.S. · CC0

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 4 — Photo: Hoedt D.S. · CC0

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 5 — Photo: Hoedt D.S. · CC0

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Donna Belder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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.

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Where the Papuan Boobook lives

Regular range

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see the Papuan Boobook

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak activity in August · a winter visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Andaman BoobookNinox affinisThe Andaman boobook or Andaman hawk-owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.

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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