[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Ninox burhani | [authority] Indrawan and Somadikarta, 2004 | [UK] Togian Hawk-owl | [FR] Ninoxe de Burhan | [DE] – | [ES] – | [NL] Togianvalkuil Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Ninox are hawk owls, ranging from small to large, with rounded heads without ear-tufts. […]
Tag: Togian Hawk-owl
Togian Hawk owl discovered in 2004
Togian Hawk-owl Ninox burhani NEAR THREATENED On Christmas night (25 December) 1999, in the village of Benteng on Togian Island, three unidentified hawk-owls were watched by torchlight, hunting from perches in a garden. They were medium-sized true owls, lacking ear tufts, with a dark, pale-scalloped mantle, darkish facial disc, grey bill, white underwings and undertail […]