[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Ninox sumbaensis | [authority] Olsen, Wink, Sauer-Gurth and Trost, 2002 | [UK] Little Sumba Hawk-Owl | [FR] Ninoxe mineure | [DE] Not yet named | [ES] Not yet named | [NL] Kleine soemba-valkuil Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Ninox are hawk owls, ranging from small […]
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Little Sumba Hawk owl discovered in 2002
Little Sumba Hawk-owl Ninox sumbaensis NEAR THREATENED Since the late 1980s, an unknown owl of the Genus Otus has been reported on the island of Sumba in Indonesia. Through DNA testing, this Owl has now been identified as a Ninox owl, but different to Ninox novaeseelandiae (Southern Boobook Owl), Ninox scutulata (Brown Hawk Owl) and […]