Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) - HBW 5, p. 232
French: Ninoxe boubouk
German: Kuckuckskauz
Spanish: Nínox Maorí
Other common names: Ruru; Spotted Boobook (leucopsis); Norfolk (Island) Boobook (undulata); New Zealand Boobook (novaeseelandiae)
Taxonomy: Strix novæ Seelandiæ J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with N. rudolfi and N. boobook; various other proposed treatments, e.g. as member of species-group that includes N. boobook, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Often considered to include N. boobook as race, but latter separated specifically by morphological and molecular differences. Race leucopsis formerly placed with N. boobook, but recently included with present species on basis of molecula.. View all taxonomy...
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with N. rudolfi and N. boobook; various other proposed treatments, e.g. as member of species-group that includes N. boobook, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Often considered to include N. boobook as race, but latter separated specifically by morphological and molecular differences. Race leucopsis formerly placed with N. boobook, but recently included with present species on basis of molecular affinities; possibly specifically distinct from both. Birds of North I formerly separated as race venatica, but differences minimal and possibly not consistent. Race albaria from Lord Howe I extinct. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucopsis (Gould, 1838) - Tasmania and Bass Strait islands.
- undulata (Latham, 1801) - Norfolk I.
- novaeseelandiae (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - New Zealand, including most offshore islands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird on a branch Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 3.4 -
A close-up of a bird perched, then flying away Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 3.3
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Close up
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 5 December 2010 27 weeks ago 3.7 -
Photographed in a garden at Kerikeri, NZ
Locality Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand
David Taylor 1 May 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
One bird on a perch by night
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 26 March 2010 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
Photographed in a garden at Kerikeri, New Zealand
Locality Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
One bird by day, at the entrance of its roosting site
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 8 December 2010 27 weeks ago 3.3 -
50 Dollars bank note
Locality New Zealand
Captain Peter 1 January 1981 1 year ago 2
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