Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ninox [scutulata, obscura, japonica, randi or affinis]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bengali: খয়রা শিকরেপ্যাঁচা
Catalan: Nínox bru
Czech: Sovka dravcí, sovka dravčí
Danish: Orientalsk Høgeugle
German: Falkenkauz, Wanderkauz
English: Brown Boobook, Brown Hawk Owl, Brown Hawk-Owl, Brown Hawk-owl, Northern, Chocolate Boobook or Hume's Hawk-Owl, Brown, Northern, Chocolate or Hume's Boobook, Northern Boobook, Oriental Boobook, Oriental Hawk Owl, Oriental Hawk-Owl, Philippine Hawk Owl, Philippine Hawk-Owl
Esperanto: Falkostrigo
Spanish: Lechuza Gavilana Castaña, Nínox Pardo
Estonian: põhja-haugaskakk
Finnish: Haukkapöllö
French: Chouette hirsute, Ninoxe hirsute, Ninoxe hirsute, N. boréale ou N. de Rand, Ninoxe hirsute, N. boréale, N. de Rand ou N. de Hume
Hungarian: fátyolos bagoly
Indonesian: Burung Pungguk Coklat, Punggok coklat, Pungguk Coklat
Italian: Civetta sparviero bruna, Gufastore bruno
Japanese (romaji): ao-ba zuku, aobazuku, Aoba-zuku
Japanese: アオバズク
Japanese (Kanji): 青葉木菟
Kazakh: Инесирақты жапалақ
Korean: 솔부엉이
Scientific: Ninox [scutulata, japonica or randi], Ninox [scutulata, obscura, japonica or randi], Ninox scutulata, Ninox scutulata scutulata, Strix scutulata
Lithuanian: Aštrianagė pelėda, Sakalinė pelėdikė
Malayalam: പുള്ളുനത്ത്
Malay: Burung Hantu Betamak, Burung Hantu Betemak, Burung Pungguk, Hantu Betemak, Punggok, Pungguk
Nepali: कालपेचक
Dutch: Aziatische Valkuil
Norwegian: Orientfalkeugle, Orientfalkugle
Polish: sowica brunatna, Sowica filipińska
Pinyin: yīng-xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-de-agulhas
Russian: бурая иглоногая, Иглоногая сова, Себусская иглоногая сова бубук, Северная иглоногая сова, Сова восточная, Сова иглоногая
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Bora Ukusu-bassa
Slovak: sovka kobcovitá
Swedish: Brun spökuggla
Tamil: Vettaikara Aandhai
Thai: นกเค้าเหยี่ยว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰáw-yìaw
Ukrainian: Сова-голконіг далекосхідна
Vietnamese: Chim Cú vọ lưng nâu, Cú vọ lưng nâu
Chinese: 褐雕鸮, 鷹鴞, 鹰 鸮, 鹰鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 鷹鴞