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Alternative name: Hume's Hawk-Owl
- Ninox obscura
Identification
Distribution
Endemic to the Andaman Islands, India.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Brown Hawk-Owl.
Habitat
Forest.
Behavior
Nocturnal. Roosts by day singly or in pairs in thick canopy.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hume's Boobook. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hume%27s_Boobook