Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ninox [philippensis, reyi, spilocephala, mindorensis or spilonotus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bengali: চতরা চ঱কময঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): tilā śikarēpyām̐cā*
Catalan: Nínox de l'illa Romblon
Czech: Sovka skvrnitá
Danish: Mindorohøgeugle
German: Romblonkauz, Tüpfelkauz
English: Cebu Hawk-Owl, Cecu Hawk Owl, Mindanao Hawk-Owl, Mindoro Hawk-Owl, Romblon Boobook, Romblon Hawk-Owl, Spotted Hawk Owl, Spotted Hawk-Owl
English, HBW: Romblon Boobook
English (IOC): Romblon Hawk-Owl
English (United States): Romblon Boobook
Esperanto: romblona nizostrigo
Spanish: Lechuza gavilana moteada, Nínox de Romblón
Spanish (Spain): Nínox de Romblón
Spanish (HBW): Romblon Boobook
Estonian: värb-haugaskakk
Finnish: Mindoronhaukkapollö, mindoronhaukkapöllö, sibuyaninhaukkapöllö
French: Ninoxe de Mindoro, Ninoxe des Philippines (Visayas), Ninoxe des Visayas, Ninoxe du Romblon
Croatian: pjegava ćukuša
Italian: Civetta sparviero maculata
Japanese (romaji): mindoroaobazuku, ronburon'aobazuku
Japanese: ミンドロアオバズク, ロンブロンアオバズク
Scientific: Ninox philippensis spilocephala, Ninox philippensis spilonota, Ninox spilocephala, Ninox spilonota, Ninox spilonotus, Ninox spilonotus spilonotus
Dutch: Romblonboeboekuil, Romblonvalkuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tablasfalkugle
Norwegian: Tablasfalkugle
Polish: sowica plamista
Portuguese: mocho-de-romblão
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-gavião-de-romblon
Russian: Ромблонская иглоногая сова
Slovak: sovka lukluk
Swedish: romblonspökuggla
Turkish: Tablas bubuğu
Ukrainian: сова-голконіг східна
Chinese: 朗布隆鹰鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 羅姆布隆鷹鴞