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Alternative names: Christmas Boobook; Christmas Island Hawk-Owl

Ninox natalis

Identification

26-29cm

  • White, rufous barred breast
  • Dark brown tail with 10 rufous bands
  • Yellowish-grey bill
  • Yellow iris

Distribution

Christmas Island, (Indian Ocean south of Java).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tropical rainforest, monsoon forest and scrub.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes mainly insects though some small lizards and birds are taken.

Breeding

They nest in tree hollows.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. The Owl Pages

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