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.

Tanimbar boobook
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species:
N. forbesi
Binomial name
Ninox forbesi

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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