New Ireland Boobook
Ninox variegata(Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
English (US) New Ireland Boobook
The New Ireland Boobook (Ninox variegata) 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 variegata
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- New Ireland Boobook
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ninox variegata superior
- Ninox variegata variegata
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Noctua variegata
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
- Type locality
- Carteret Harbor, New Ireland.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.166 AtlasOis. pl.1 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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