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Ninox boobook (Southern Boobook)

Synonyms: Strix boobook

Wikipedia Abstract

The southern boobook (Ninox boobook) is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, Timor and the Sunda Islands. It was considered to be the same species (conspecific) as the morepork of New Zealand until 2013 (citation needed). Birds from Tasmania belong to a taxon, leucopsis which appear to be more closely related to (and hence treated as a subspecies of) the New Zealand species. Eleven subspecies are recognized. This bird is the smallest owl on the Australian mainland and is the continent's most widely distributed and common owl. It is predominantly brown in plumage with grey-green or yellow-green eyes. It feeds on insects and small vertebrates.
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Infraspecies

Ninox boobook boobook (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook cinnamomina (Southern hawk owl)
Ninox boobook fusca (Timor boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook halmaturina (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook lurida (Red boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook moae (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook ocellata
Ninox boobook plesseni (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook pusilla (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook remigialis (Southern boobook hawk owl)
Ninox boobook rotiensis (Roti Island morepork)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.31484
EDGE Score: 1.8429
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  238 grams
Female Weight [3]  316 grams
Male Weight [3]  252 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  25.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [5]  3
Fledging [1]  40 days
Incubation [4]  30 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [1]  13 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [7]  75
Snout to Vent Length [1]  14 inches (35 cm)
Wing Span [4]  27 inches (.69 m)

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Antechinus flavipes leucogaster[4]
Mus musculus (house mouse)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lyperosomum harrisoni[8]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Higgins, PJ (Ed) (1999) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Volume 4: Parrots to dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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