Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Christmas Hawk-owl (Ninox natalis) - HBW 5, p. 235

French: Ninoxe de Christmas German: Weihnachtskauz Spanish: Nínox de la Christmas
Other common names: Christmas Boobook

Taxonomy: Ninox natalis Lister, 1889, Christmas Island.
Formerly considered conspecific with N. squamipila, but separable on morphological and plumage details, molecular differences and perhaps voice. Monotypic.

Distribution: Christmas I (Indian Ocean).