Moluccan boobook
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The Moluccan boobook or Moluccan hawk-owl group (Ninox spp.), are a group of owls in the family Strigidae.[2] They are found in Indonesia. Once consider a single species, the four species are now considered part of a species complex.[1] Natural habitat for all species is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Moluccan boobook Species complex of Ninox owls | |
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| Ninox hypogramma, Halmahera boobook | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species complex including[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Species
Most taxonomists recognize four species:[2][1]
- Ninox forbesi (PL Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar boobook - Tanimbar Islands
- Ninox hypogramma (GR Gray, 1861) - Halmahera boobook - northern Maluku Islands of Halmahera, Ternate, and Bacan
- Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) - Seram boobook- Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
- Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru boobook - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands
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