Alor boobook
Species of owl
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The Alor boobook (Ninox plesseni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Pantar and Alor Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.[3]
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| Alor boobook | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. plesseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ninox plesseni Stresemann, 1929 | |
It was previously considered a subspecies of the Australian boobook,[4] before being reclassified as its own species due to bioacoustic data in 2017.[5]