Alternative name: Spotted Boobook
- Ninox leucopsis
Identification
28–30 cm
- Underside brown with extensive white spotting
- Wings likewise
- Face mostly dark with whitish throat and supercilium
- Banded tail
- Eyes golden-yellow
Similar Species
During winter overlaps with Southern Boobook which may not be separable but has more greenish-yellow eyes and less richly colored underparts.
Distribution
Australia: Tasmania, wintering north to Victoria and possibly New South Wales.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
The species was formerly included in Morepork.
Habitat
Forest and other wooded habitats including gardens.
Behaviour
Food included invertebrates such as insects and small vertebrates.
Vocalisation
Most frequent vocalization is a double hoot where the second sound is lower or equal in pitch. These can be repeated very frequently and continue for a very long time (hours).
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, P.D. Olsen, J. S. Marks, and N. Collar (2022). Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.souboo3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tasmanian Boobook. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tasmanian_Boobook
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
