The Seram boobook (Ninox squamipila) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Seram, Kelang and Ambon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. squamipila
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| Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850)
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It is known to make loud vocalizations in the early evening.[3]
It eats wild rats and snakes.[3]
Taxonomy edit
The Seram boobook is part of a species complex that comprises four species. All four species used to be considered as part of a single species, the Moluccan boobook, which was classified under the scientific name Ninox squamipila used in a broader sense.[1][4]
The four species of Moluccan boobook currently recognised are:
- Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) - Seram boobook - Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
- Ninox forbesi (PL Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar boobook - Tanimbar Islands
- Ninox hypogramma (GR Gray, 1861) - Halmahera boobook - northern Maluku Islands of Halmahera, Ternate, and Bacan
- Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru boobook - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands
References edit
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox squamipila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727893A94965117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727893A94965117.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Persulessy, Yan Eliazer; Putuhena, J.D (2020-12-30). "A Keragaman dan Populasi Burung Endemik pada Hotspot Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan Produksi Wae Sapalewa Seram Utara". MAKILA. 14 (2): 99–113. doi:10.30598/makila.v14i2.2930. ISSN 2746-7155.
- ^ Gwee, Chyi Yin; Christidis, Leslie; Eaton, James A.; Norman, Janette A.; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Phillippe; Rheindt, Frank E. (2017). "Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 246–58. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.024. PMID 28017857.
- Norman, J.A., L. Christidis, M. Westerman, and F.A. Richard-Hall. 1998. Molecular data confirm the species status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis. Emu 98: 197–208.
- Rheindt, F.E., and R.O. Hutchinson. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (southern Moluccas). BirdingASIA 7: 18–38.
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