Christmas boobook
| Christmas boobook | |
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| Illustration by Keulemans, 1900 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. natalis |
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| Ninox natalis Forbes, 2006 | |
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The Christmas boobook (Ninox natalis), also known as the Christmas Island hawk-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Christmas boobook is a reddish coloured owl and is closely related to the hawk owls of Southeast Asia and Australia.
The species only occurs on Christmas Island, where its population was estimated at roughly 1000 birds in 2004, down from 560 breeding pairs in 1998.[2] Not until 1998 was the Christmas Island hawk-owl considered a separate species from other owls.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Ninox natalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Factsheet: Christmas Boobook Ninox natalis". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia - David Hollands. First published in Australia 2008
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