Cinnabar Boobook - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Rob Hutchinson
Gunang Ambang, Selawesi, Indonesia, September 2007

Alternative name: Cinnabar Hawk-Owl

Ninox ios

Identification

22cm

• almost entirely rufous chestnut to darker chestnut brown
• scapulars with white spots
• lower underparts may have dark or whitish scalloping
• face plain (e.g. no facial "cross" like Ochre-bellied Boobook)
• eyes yellow with black pupils
• feet/legs yellow
• wings and tail with dark bars

Distribution

Sulawesi endemic. South East Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sundas. Found in the north-east of the island (Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

Nocturnal.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinnabar Boobook. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnabar_Boobook

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