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[[Image:Jungle_Hawk_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mehd Halaouate]] | [[Image:Jungle_Hawk_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mehd Halaouate]] | ||
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The Jungle Hawk Owl, Ninox theomacha, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings. | The Jungle Hawk Owl, Ninox theomacha, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings. | ||
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| − | It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, living mainly on the forests' edges. | + | It is a resident of New Guinea and Papau New Guinea. |
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| − | + | It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, living mainly on the forests' edges. | |
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 4 June 2007
- Ninox theomacha
Identification
The Jungle Hawk Owl, Ninox theomacha, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.
Distribution
It is a resident of New Guinea and Papau New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Habitat
It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, living mainly on the forests' edges.
