Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Strigiformes > Strigidae > Ninox

Ninox (boobooks)

Synonyms: Berneyornis; Rabdoglaux; Rhabdoglaux

Wikipedia Abstract

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 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837. The species of Ninox are:
View Wikipedia Record: Ninox

Species

Ninox affinis (Andaman Hawk-Owl) (Attributes)
Ninox boobook (Southern Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox burhani (Togian Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox connivens (Barking Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox forbesi (Tanimbar Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox hypogramma (Halmahera Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox ios (Cinnabar Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox jacquinoti (Solomons Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox japonica (Northern Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox leventisi (Camiguin Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox malaitae (Malaita Boobook) (Vulnerable)
Ninox meeki (Manus Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox mindorensis (Mindoro Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox natalis (Christmas Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox nipalensis
Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork) (Attributes)
Ninox obscura (Hume's Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox ochracea (Ochre-bellied Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox odiosa (Spangled Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox philippensis (Philippine Hawk-Owl) (Attributes)
Ninox plesseni
Ninox punctulata (Speckled Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox randi (Chocolate Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox reyi (Sulu Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox rotiensis
Ninox rudolfi (Sumba Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox rufa (Rufous Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox rumseyi (Cebu Boobook) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Ninox scutulata (Brown Hawk-Owl) (Attributes)
Ninox spilocephala (Mindanao Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox spilonotus (Romblon Boobook) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Ninox squamipila (Moluccan Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox strenua (Powerful Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox sumbaensis (Little Sumba Hawk-Owl) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Ninox superciliaris (White-browed Hawk-Owl) (Attributes)
Ninox theomacha (Jungle Boobook) (Attributes)
Ninox variegata (Barred Boobook) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0