Mindoro boobook
Mindoro boobook | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Ninox |
Species: | N. mindorensis
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Binomial name | |
Ninox mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896
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The Mindoro boobook or Mindoro hawk-owl (Ninox mindorensis) is a species of
Description
EBird describes the bird as "A fairly small owl of lowland and foothill forest and woodland. Rather dark brown on the head and back and reddish-brown on the chest, with bright yellow eyes and thin white eyebrows forming a V. Mindoro scops-owl is similar in size and color, but Mindoro boobook is finely barred all over. Much smaller than chocolate boobook, without white on the chest. Song is a fairly high-pitched, descending mournful whistle, 'wiiiiuuuuu'."[3]
Among the Philippine hawk-owl species complex, it is distinguished by the fine barring on its head and belly and its overall darker plumage.[4]
The Mindoro boobook is an earless species. The males and females look much alike.
It is medium-sized at 20 cm tall, along with the Sulu boobook, in the Philippine hawk-owl species complex. This is in between the larger Camiguin boobook, Romblon boobook and Cebu boobook at 25 cm and the smaller Luzon boobook and Mindanao boobook which are 15 to 18 cm tall.[4]
Habitat and conservation status
Its habitat is in tropical moist lowland
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It occurs in a few protected areas in
There is no species-specific conservation program at present, but conservation actions proposed include more species surveys to better understand habitat and population, initiating education and awareness campaigns to raise the species' profile and instill pride in locals, and lobbying for protection of the remaining forest.[5]
References
- . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Mindoro Hawk-owl". Ebird.
- ^ a b c Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife International Guides. pp. 172–177.
- ^ International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2016-10-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Ninox mindorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- Kennedy, R.S., Gonzales P.C., Dickinson E.C., Miranda Jr, H.C., Fisher T.H. (2000) A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines, Oxford University Press, Oxford.