Moluccan boobook

The Moluccan boobook or Moluccan hawk-owl group (Ninox spp.), are a group of owls in the family Strigidae.^[2] They are found in Indonesia. Once consider a single species, the four species are now considered part of a species complex.^[1] Natural habitat for all species is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Moluccan boobook Species complex of Ninox owls
Ninox hypogramma, Halmahera boobook
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Ninox
Species complex including[1]
Ninox forbesi (PL Sclater, 1883) Ninox hypogramma (GR Gray, 1861) Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863)

Taxonomy

Species

Most taxonomists recognize four species:^[2][1]

• 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 squamipila (Bonaparte, 1850) - Seram boobook- Seram Island in the southern Maluku Islands
• Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863) - Buru boobook - Buru Island in the southern Maluku Islands