Distribution of Ninox boobook subspecies, including 3 related species
N.b.boobook
N.b.ocellata
N.b.halmaturina
N.b.lurida
N. fusca
N.b.pusilla
N. plesseni
N. rotiensis
N.b.moae
N.b.cinnamomina
Synonyms[3][4]
Strix boobook Latham, 1801
Athene marmorata Gould, 1846
Athene ocellata Bonaparte, 1850
Ieraglaux (Spiloglaux) bubuk Kaup, 1852
Strix novaehollandiae Strickland, 1855
Ninox boobook mixta Mathews, 1912
Ninox boobook melvillensis Mathews, 1912
Ninox boobook macgillivrayi Mathews, 1912
Spiloglaux boobook tregellasi Mathews, 1913
Spiloglaux novaeseelandiae everardi Mathews, 1913
Ninox yorki Cayley, 1929
Ninox ooldeaensis Cayley, 1929
Ninox novaeseelandiae aridaMayr, 1943
Spiloglaux boobook parocellataMathews, 1946
The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered to be the same species as the morepork of New Zealand until 1999. Its name is derived from its two-tone boo-book call. Eight subspecies of the Australian boobook are recognized, with three further subspecies being reclassified as separate species in 2019 due to their distinctive calls and genetics.
The smallest owl on the Australian mainland, the Australian boobook is 27 to 36 cm (10.5 to 14 in) long, with predominantly dark-brown plumage with prominent pale spots. It has grey-green or yellow-green eyes. It is generally nocturnal, though sometimes it is active at dawn and dusk, retiring to roost in secluded spots in the foliage of trees. The Australian boobook feeds on insects and small vertebrates, hunting by pouncing on them from tree perches. Breeding takes place from late winter to early summer, using tree hollows as nesting sites. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the Australian boobook as being of least concern on account of its large range and apparently stable population.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox boobook". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62023787A95185747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T62023787A95185747.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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^Australian Biological Resources Study (23 October 2013). "Subspecies Ninox (Ninox) novaeseelandiae ocellata (Bonaparte, 1850)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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