Alor boobook
Species of owl
Alor boobook | |
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Conservation status | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Ninox |
Species: | N. plesseni |
Binomial name | |
Ninox plesseni Stresemann, 1929 |
The Alor boobook (Ninox plesseni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Pantar and Alor Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]
It was previously considered a subspecies of the Southern Bobook,[3] before being reclassified as its own species due to bioacoustic data in 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Johnstone, Ron E. "The avifauna of Alor and Pantar, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia". Forktail. 28: 77–92.
- ^ "Alor Boobook - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Irham, Mohammad; Ashari, Hidayat; Suparno; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Wu, Meng Yue; Rheindt, Frank E. (2019-10-05). "A new Myzomela honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia". Journal of Ornithology. 161 (1): 313–324. doi:10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2. ISSN 2193-7192.