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Ninox philippensis (Philippine Hawk-Owl; Luzon Boobook)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Luzon hawk-owl (Ninox philippensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Philippines where it lives in forests. It is a brown and white mottled bird and males and females look much alike.
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Infraspecies

Ninox philippensis centralis
Ninox philippensis philippensis
Ninox philippensis ticaoensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.55674
EDGE Score: 2.35677
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  130 grams
Female Weight [1]  141 grams
Male Weight [3]  116 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  18.5 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  61

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Philippines Philippines Yes

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
♦ 3Goodman, SM and PC Gonzales. 1990. The birds of Mount Isarog National Park, southern Luzon, Philippines, with particular reference to altitudinal distribution. Fieldiana: Zoology (NS) 60:1–39
♦ 4Buechley 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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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