- Ninox novaeseelandiae
Identification
Rich spotted or streaky brown, brown face and golden eyes.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This species has previously been considered to be the same species as Australian Boobook and Tasmanian Boobook from Australia, the Sumba Boobook from Sumba in Indonesia and other related owls.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1].
- N. n. albaria on Lord Howe Island (Extinct)
- N. n. undulata on Norfolk Island
- N. n. novaeseelandiae in New Zealand and offshore islands
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects, bats, small birds, and rats, mice, and lizards.
A nest is made in a tree hole and 2 eggs are laid and incubated for about a month. The young fledge about 5 weeks later.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Morepork. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Morepork
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
