Papuan boobook
| Papuan boobook | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. theomacha
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| Binomial name | |
| Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855)
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The Papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha), jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.
It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, mainly on the forests' edges. It is found in northwestern and southeastern New Guinea.
Uses of the name[]
The Jungle Hawk Owl is the name of a long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by students at MIT.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ninox theomacha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Engineers design drones that can stay aloft for five days". MIT News. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ninox
- Birds of New Guinea
- Owls of Oceania
- Birds described in 1855
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte