Hume's Boobook
Ninox obscuraHume, AO, 1872
English (US) Hume's Boobook
The Hume's Boobook (Ninox obscura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: Andaman IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ninox obscura
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hume's Boobook
- Described by
- Hume, AO, 1872
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ninox obscurus
- Described by
- Hume, AO, 1872
- Type locality
- Camorta, Nicobars.
- Original description
- Stray Feathers 1 p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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