Ninox
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| Morepork Ninox (novaeseelandiae) novaeseelandiae | |
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| Genus: | Ninox Hodgson, 1837
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Ninox is a genus of owls comprising about 20 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk owls. Note that the Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula is not a member of this genus.
The species of Ninox are:
- Rufous Owl, Ninox rufa
- Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua
- Barking Owl, Ninox connivens
- Sumba Boobook, Ninox rudolfi
- Little Sumba Boobook, Ninox sumbaensis
- Southern Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Morepork, Ninox (novaeseelandiae) novaeseelandiae
- Norfolk Island Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata - extinct (1996)
- Southern Boobook, Ninox (novaeseelandiae) boobook
- Lord Howe Island Morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae/boobook albaria - extinct (1950s)
- New Caledonian Boobook, Ninox cf. novaeseelandiae - prehistoric, might still survive
- Andaman Hawk Owl, Ninox affinis
- Brown Hawk Owl, Ninox scutulata
- Northern Boobook, Ninox japonica
- Split from Ninox scutulata by the IOC[1]. Split supported by Clements' 6th Edition.
- Chocolate Boobook, Ninox randi
- Split from Ninox scutulata by the IOC[2] Split supported by Clements' 6th Edition.
- White-browed Hawk Owl, Ninox superciliaris
- Philippine Hawk Owl, Ninox philippensis
- Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl, Ninox ochracea
- Cinnabar Hawk Owl, Ninox ios
- Moluccan Hawk Owl, Ninox squamipila
- Christmas Island Hawk-Owl, Ninox natalis
- Jungle Hawk Owl, Ninox theomacha
- Manus Hawk Owl, Ninox meeki
- Speckled Hawk Owl, Ninox punctulata
- Bismarck Hawk Owl, Ninox variegata
- New Britain Hawk Owl, Ninox odiosa
- Solomon Hawk Owl, Ninox jacquinoti
- Togian Hawk-owl, Ninox burhani
The fossil owls "Otus" wintershofensis and "Strix" brevis, both from the Early or Middle Miocene of Wintershof West, Germany, are close to this genus; the latter was sometimes explicitly placed in Ninox (Olson 1985) but is now in Intutula. "Strix" edwardsi from the Late Miocene of La Grive St. Alban, France, might also belong into this group[citation needed].
Cultural References
- "NINOX" is an Australian Army project to develop night vision goggles; it is named after the Ninox strenua.
References
- Olson, Storrs L. (1985): IX.C. Strigiformes. In: Farner, D.S.; King, J.R. & Parkes, Kenneth C. (eds.): Avian Biology 8: 129-132. Academic Press, New York.
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