Typical Owls (Strigidae)

New Britain Hawk-owl (Ninox odiosa) - HBW 5, p. 237

French: Ninoxe odieuse German: Neubritannienkauz Spanish: Nínox de Nueva Bretaña
Other common names: New Britain Boobook, Russet Hawk-owl/Boobook

Taxonomy: Ninox odiosa P. L. Sclater, 1877, New Britain.
Relationships uncertain; seems to be most closely related to N. jacquinoti. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain, in Bismarck Archipelago.