Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) - HBW 5, p. 232
French: Ninoxe d’Australie
German: Boobookkauz
Spanish: Nínox Australiano
Other common names: Boobook (Owl), Streaked/Northern/Australian Boobook; Red/Dark Boobook (lurida)
Taxonomy: Strix Boobook Latham, 1801, Sydney area, New South Wales.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with N. rudolfi and N. novaeseelandiae; various other proposed treatments, e.g. as member of species-group that includes N. novaeseelandiae, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Has often been treated as conspecific with N. novaeseelandiae, but separated specifically by morphological and molecular differences; Tasmanian race leucopsis of latter has been placed with present species, which formerly also i.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Strix Boobook Latham, 1801, Sydney area, New South Wales.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with N. rudolfi and N. novaeseelandiae; various other proposed treatments, e.g. as member of species-group that includes N. novaeseelandiae, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Has often been treated as conspecific with N. novaeseelandiae, but separated specifically by morphological and molecular differences; Tasmanian race leucopsis of latter has been placed with present species, which formerly also included N. rudolfi as race. No consensus on number of races, much in need of revision, especially non-Australian forms. Kangaroo I population has been described as separate race (halmaturina), but seems not constantly separable from nearby mainland population of nominate; also, marmorata of SW & SC Australia synonymous with ocellata. Ten subspecies tentativelly recognized.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with N. rudolfi and N. novaeseelandiae; various other proposed treatments, e.g. as member of species-group that includes N. novaeseelandiae, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki, N. variegata and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Has often been treated as conspecific with N. novaeseelandiae, but separated specifically by morphological and molecular differences; Tasmanian race leucopsis of latter has been placed with present species, which formerly also included N. rudolfi as race. No consensus on number of races, much in need of revision, especially non-Australian forms. Kangaroo I population has been described as separate race (halmaturina), but seems not constantly separable from nearby mainland population of nominate; also, marmorata of SW & SC Australia synonymous with ocellata. Ten subspecies tentativelly recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rotiensis Johnstone & Darnell, 1997 - Roti.
- fusca (Vieillot, 1817) - Timor.
- plesseni Stresemann, 1929 - Alor.
- rotiensis Johnstone & Darnell, 1997 - Roti.
- fusca (Vieillot, 1817) - Timor.
- plesseni Stresemann, 1929 - Alor.
- moae Mayr, 1943 - Romang, Leti and Moa.
- cinnamomina Hartert, 1906 - Babar.
- remigialis Stresemann, 1930 - Kai Is.
- pusilla Mayr & Rand, 1935 - S New Guinea.
- ocellata (Bonaparte, 1850) - Australia W of Great Dividing Range; rarely, islands in Torres Strait; also Sawu (W of Timor).
- lurida De Vis, 1887 - NE Queensland between Cooktown and Paluma.
- boobook (Latham, 1801) - coastal and subcoastal E Australia, S from S Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp plesseni)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 4.8 -
Two dependent young roosting in a Claret Ash with one adult. Locality Spence, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 24 January 2012 1 year ago 1 min 3 sec 4.7 -
A bird in a tree at night, calling. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cinnamomina)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 1 year ago 49 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a diagonal branch, calling once, looking around, performing strong body movements and finally flying away. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp plesseni)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2011 1 year ago 57 sec 4.5 -
A bird giving a longer and lower-pitched series of calls, followed by more typical, shorter series. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp plesseni)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 52 sec 4.5 -
A bird scratching its head, turning around, calling back and finally flying away. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cinnamomina)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 1 year ago 40 sec 4.4
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Two birds perched on a branch, seen from below (at night).
Locality Roti (Rote), Lesser Sundas (ssp rotiensis)
James Eaton 1 August 2012 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult Boobook
Locality Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (ssp boobook)
Chris Charles 7 December 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch, seen from below (at night).
Locality West Timor (Indonesia), Timor, Lesser Sundas (ssp fusca)
James Eaton 1 August 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in a tree, at night.
Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp plesseni)
James Eaton 22 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird in a tree, at night.
Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cinnamomina)
James Eaton 31 October 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
A Southern Boobook stretches a leg and a wing before flying off into the night.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 31 January 2013 16 weeks ago 3.9
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A longer and lower-pitched series of calls, followed by more typical, shorter series. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp plesseni)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 5 -
Five series of calls, separated by actual intervals. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp plesseni)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 5 -
A bird calling, mainly with longer series of hoots. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp cinnamomina)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird calling, mainly with double hoots. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp cinnamomina)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 1 year ago 4
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