Hume's Hawk-Owl

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Hume's Hawk-Owl
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species: N. obscura
Binomial name
Ninox obscura
Hume, 1872

Hume's Hawk-Owl (Ninox obscura) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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