Boobooks and Hawk-Owls
Ninox
Ninox is a genus of true owls comprising about 30 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk owls or boobooks. Note that the northern hawk-owl Surnia ulula is not a member of this genus. Molecular analysis indicates the genus is an early offshoot from the ancestors of the rest of the true owls, and are maybe best-classified in a subfamily Ninoxinae with the genera Sceloglaux and Uroglaux. The genus was introduced...
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 36 known species
Australian Boobook
speciesNinox boobook
Powerful Owl
speciesNinox strenua
Morepork
speciesNinox novaeseelandiae
Brown Boobook
speciesNinox scutulata
Northern Boobook
speciesNinox japonica
Barking Owl
speciesNinox connivens
Rufous Owl
speciesNinox rufa
Tasmanian Boobook
speciesNinox leucopsis
Ochre-bellied Boobook
speciesNinox ochracea
Hume's Boobook
speciesNinox obscura
Luzon Boobook
speciesNinox philippensis
Speckled Boobook
speciesNinox punctulata
Papuan Boobook
speciesNinox theomacha
Andaman Boobook
speciesNinox affinis
Christmas Boobook
speciesNinox natalis
Chocolate Boobook
speciesNinox randi
Cinnabar Boobook
speciesNinox ios
Halmahera Boobook
speciesNinox hypogramma
Mindanao Boobook
speciesNinox spilocephala
Sumba Boobook
speciesNinox rudolfi
Timor Boobook
speciesNinox fusca
Seram Boobook
speciesNinox squamipila
Cebu Boobook
speciesNinox rumseyi
Romblon Boobook
speciesNinox spilonotus
Rote Boobook
speciesNinox rotiensis
Alor Boobook
speciesNinox plesseni
Tanimbar Boobook
speciesNinox forbesi
New Britain Boobook
speciesNinox odiosa
Togian Boobook
speciesNinox burhani
Laughing Owl
speciesNinox albifacies
Least Boobook
speciesNinox sumbaensis
Camiguin Boobook
speciesNinox leventisi
Buru Boobook
speciesNinox hantu
Mindoro Boobook
speciesNinox mindorensis
Sulu Boobook
speciesNinox reyi
Manus Boobook
speciesNinox meeki
Bismarck Boobook
speciesNinox variegata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20099.