Buru boobook
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| Buru boobook | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. hantu
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| Binomial name | |
| Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863)
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The Buru boobook (Ninox hantu), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.
The Buru boobook is dark on the top with a bright rufous beneath it. It's forehead, cheeks, and chin are slight white, the tarsi and toes are filled with bristles, the bill is a horn-colored white, the irises are yellow, and their feet are white. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox hantu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727909A94965479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727909A94965479.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681278#page/56/mode/1up
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