Tanimbar boobook

Tanimbar boobook
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Ninox
Species:	N. forbesi
Binomial name
	Ninox forbesi; (PL Sclater, 1883)

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.

References

^ 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.

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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[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.

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