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Papuan Boobook

Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, CLJL 1855)

The Papuan boobook, jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Ninox
Scientific:
  Ninox theomacha


Original description

Citation:
  (Bonaparte, CLJL 1855)

Reference:
   Compt. Rend. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 41 p.654

Protonym:
  Spiloglaux theomacha

Type locality:
  Triton Bay, New Guinea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13834768


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0EBDC9073C45F5E2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0EBDC907

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0EBDC907


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555487

Geographic range:

  • Ninox theomacha: New Guinea (except south-central)
  • Ninox theomacha theomacha: New Guinea
  • Ninox theomacha hoedtii: Waigeo and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
  • Ninox theomacha goldii: Goodenough, Fergusson, and Normanby, in D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)
  • Ninox theomacha rosseliana: Tagula and Rossel (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)
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English:
Papuan Boobook
Catalan:
Nínox de Nova Guinea
Czech:
sovka džunglová
Danish:
Mørkrygget Høgeugle
German:
Einfarbkauz
Spanish:
Nínox Papú
Spanish (Spain):
Nínox papú
Finnish:
nokihaukkapöllö
French:
Ninoxe brune
Croatian:
tamnoleđa ćukuša
Hungarian:
egyszínű héjabagoly
Italian:
Gufastore della giungla
Japanese (romaji):
seguroaobazuku
Japanese:
セグロアオバズク
Lithuanian:
džiunglinė aštrianagė pelėda
Dutch:
Bruine Boeboekuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Hekseugle
Norwegian:
Hekseugle
Polish:
sowica papuaska
Portuguese:
mocho-papua
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-gavião-da-papua
Russian:
Одноцветная иглоногая сова
Slovak:
sovka hnedá
Serbian:
Papuanski bubuk
Swedish:
papuaspökuggla
Ukrainian:
Сова-голконіг новогвінейська
Chinese:
褐鹰鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
巴布亞褐鷹鴞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Ninoxe brune ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Ninoxe brune ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Sooty-backed Hawk Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Sooty-backed Hawk Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Jungle Hawk Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Jungle Hawk Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Jungle Hawk-owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Papuan Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ninox theomacha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ninox theomacha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ninox theomacha [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Jungle Hawk-Owl ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ninox theomacha [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ninox theomacha [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Nínox de Nova Guinea
Czech: Sovka džunglová
Danish: Mørkrygget Høgeugle
German: Einfarbkauz
English: Brown Hawk-Owl, Brown Owl, Chestnut Hawk Owl, Chestnut Hawk-Owl, Jungle Boobook, Jungle Hawk Owl, Jungle Hawk-Owl, Papuan Boobook, Papuan Boobook Hawk-Owl, Papuan Boobook Owl, Papuan Hawk-Owl, Sooty-backed Hawk Owl, Sooty-backed Hawk-Owl
English, HBW: Jungle Boobook
English (IOC): Papuan Boobook
English (United States): Papuan Boobook
Spanish: Lechuza Gavilana Papú, Nínox Papú
Spanish (Spain): Nínox Halcón, Nínox papú
Spanish (HBW): Papuan Boobook
Estonian: paapua haugaskakk, tõmmu-haugaskakk
Finnish: Nokihaukkapöllö
French: Chouette brune, Ninoxe brune
Croatian: tamnoleđa ćukuša
Hungarian: egyszínű héjabagoly
Indonesian: Petrel palsu, Pungguk Papua
Italian: Civetta sparviero Papua, Gufastore della giungla
Japanese (romaji): seguroaobazuku
Japanese: セグロアオバズク
Scientific: Ninox theomacha, Ninox theomacha theomacha, Spiloglaux theomacha
Lithuanian: džiunglinė aštrianagė pelėda, Džunglinė aštrianagė pelėda, Vienspalvė pelėdikė
Dutch: Bruine Boeboekuil, Bruine Valkuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hekseugle
Norwegian: Hekseugle
Polish: sowica papuaska
Portuguese: mocho-papua
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-gavião-da-papua
Russian: Бурая иглоногая сова, иглоногая сова джунглей, Одноцветная иглоногая сова, Сова пепельная иглоногая
Slovak: sovka hnedá
Serbian: Papuanski bubuk
Swedish: Papuaspökuggla
Turkish: Yeni Gine bubuğu, Yeni Gine Ninoksu
Ukrainian: Сова-голконіг новогвінейська
Chinese: 褐鹰鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 巴布亞褐鷹鴞

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