Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Brown Boobook
The Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ninox scutulata
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Boobook
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Ninox scutulata lugubris
- Ninox scutulata burmanica
- Ninox scutulata hirsuta
- Ninox scutulata isolata
- Ninox scutulata rexpimenti
- Ninox scutulata scutulata
- Ninox scutulata javanensis
- Ninox scutulata borneensis
- Ninox scutulata palawanensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix scutulata
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Sumatra.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.280
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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