Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Manus Hawk-owl (Ninox meeki) - HBW 5, p. 236

French: Ninoxe de l’Amirauté German: Manuskauz Spanish: Nínox de la Manus
Other common names: Manus Boobook, Admiralty (Islands) Hawk-owl

Taxonomy: Ninox meeki Rothschild and Hartert, 1914, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
Affinities unclear. Proposed treatments as member of species-group that includes N. boobook, N. novaeseelandiae, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Monotypic.

Distribution: Manus I (Admiralty Is).