Alor boobook

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Alor boobook
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
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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

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ↑ Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Johnstone, Ron E. "The avifauna of Alor and Pantar, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia". Forktail. 28: 77–92.
  3. ↑ "Alor Boobook - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  4. ↑ 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.
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