Manus Hawk-owl (Ninox meeki)

Manus Hawk-owl

[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Ninox meeki | [authority] Rothschild and Hartert, 1914 | [UK] Manus Hawk-owl | [FR] Ninox de l’Amiraute | [DE] Manuskauz | [ES] Ninox de la Manus | [NL] Meeks Valkuil

Subspecies

Monotypic species

Genus

Members of the genus Ninox are hawk owls, ranging from small to large, with rounded heads without ear-tufts. They have long, pointed wings and a long tail. The nostrils are forward facing on an enlarged cere in an indistinct facial disk. There are at least 20 species in this genus, from Siberia through much of the Pacific rim, South-east Asia and Australasia.

Physical charateristics

It has an unmarked brown facial disk, rufous crown and back, barred white flight feathers and tail, and whitish underparts with rufous streaking.

Listen to the sound of Manus Hawk-owl

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Range

Australasia : Admiralty Islands

Habitat

It lives mainly in forests and degraded forests, but will appear in trees humans, and will sometimes occupy riparian habitats.

Reproduction

No data

Feeding habits

No data

Conservation

Although this species may have a restricted range, it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Manus Hawk-owl status Least Concern

Migration

Resident

Distribution map

Manus Hawk-owl distribution range map

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