The Tanimbar boobook, or Tanimbar hawk-owl (Ninox forbesi), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. 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. forbesi
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| Ninox forbesi Sclater, PL, 1883
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox forbesi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22727916A94965660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727916A94965660.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- 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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