[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Ninox variegata | [authority] Quoy and Gaimard, 1830 | [UK] Bismarck Hawk-Owl | [FR] Ninox bariole | [DE] Bismarckkauz | [ES] Ninox de las Bismark | [NL] Nieuw-Ierlandse 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
Upperparts chocolate or rufous brown, grey brown head, white spots or bars on mantle, and wing coverts. Flight feathers and tail borwn barred with light brown, underparts whitish with dark brown or onrage brown bars. Eyes yellow, feet pale yellow.
Listen to the sound of Bismarck Hawk-Owl
[audio:http://www.planetofbirds.com/MASTER/STRIGIFORMES/Strigidae/sounds/Bismarck Hawk-Owl.mp3]
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Range
Australasia : Bismarck Archipelago
Habitat
This species lives at elevations up to 1000 meters in lowland forests, tree-covered hills, low mountains, and the edges of forests
Reproduction
No data
Feeding habits
Probably insects.
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.
Migration
Resident
Distribution map
