Papuan Hawk-Owl
Uroglaux dimorpha(Salvadori, AT, 1874)
English (US) Papuan Hawk-Owl
The Papuan Hawk-Owl (Uroglaux dimorpha) 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: sparsely distributed, New Guinea and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Uroglaux dimorpha
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Papuan Hawk-Owl
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Athene dimorpha
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1874)
- Type locality
- Sorong, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6 p.308
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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