Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis] (Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta])

Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta]

Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis] (= Ninox scutulata) (Raffles, TS 1822)

The brown hawk-owl, also known as the brown boobook, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal east to western Indonesia and south China. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Ninox
Scientific:
  Ninox scutulata

Original description

Citation:
(Raffles, TS 1822)

Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.280

Protonym:
Strix scutulata

Type locality:
Sumatra.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755026

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F9B564F2A0A568C2

Avibase ID:
avibase-F9B564F2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F9B564F2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555481

Geographic range:

Ninox scutulata scutulata: southern Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, and Bangka Island
Ninox scutulata lugubris: northern India to western Assam and central peninsular India
Ninox scutulata hirsuta: southern India and Sri Lanka
Ninox scutulata burmanica: eastern Assam to southern Yunnan, northern Malay Peninsula, Thailand, and Indochina
Ninox scutulata palawanensis: Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
Ninox scutulata javanensis: western Java
Ninox scutulata borneensis: Borneo and North Natuna Islands
Ninox obscura: Andaman Islands
Ninox affinis isolata: Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands)
Ninox affinis rexpimenti: Great Nicobar (Nicobar Islands)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta]
French:
Ninoxe hirsute ou N. de Hume (incl. isolata, rexpimenta)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl (incl. isolata, rexpimenta) ( Ninox scutulata or obscura [incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl (incl. isolata, rexpimenta) ( Ninox scutulata or obscura [incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl (incl. isolata, rexpimenta) ( Ninox scutulata or obscura [incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl [incl. isolata, rexpimenta] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis])
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition: Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
eBird version 1.50: Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52: Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53: Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown Boobook ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown Boobook ( Ninox scutulata) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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Bengali: খয়রা শিকরেপ্যাঁচা
Catalan: Nínox bru
Czech: sovka dravčí
Danish: Orientalsk Høgeugle
German: Falkenkauz
English: Brown Boobook, Brown Hawk Owl, Brown Hawk-Owl, Brown or Hume's Boobook [incl. isolata, rexpimenta], Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl (incl. isolata, rexpimenta), Brown or Hume's Hawk-owl [incl. isolata, rexpimenta], Northern Boobook
Esperanto: Falkostrigo
Spanish: Nínox Pardo
Estonian: põhja-haugaskakk
Finnish: haukkapöllö
French: Ninoxe hirsute, Ninoxe hirsute (scutulata), Ninoxe hirsute ou N. de Hume (incl. isolata, rexpimenta), Ninoxe hirsute ou N. des Nicobar (incl. isolata, rexpimenta)
Hungarian: fátyolos bagoly
Indonesian: Burung Pungguk Coklat, Pungguk coklat
Italian: Gufastore bruno
Japanese (romaji): ao-ba zuku
Japanese: アオバズク
Japanese (Kanji): 青葉木菟
Kazakh: Инесирақты жапалақ
Korean: 솔부엉이
Scientific: Ninox [scutulata or obscura, incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis], Ninox scutulata, Ninox scutulata or obscura [incl. isolata, rexpimenta, excl. florensis], Ninox scutulata scutulata, Strix scutulata
Lithuanian: Rudoji aštrianagė pelėda
Malayalam: പുള്ളുനത്ത്
Malay: Burung Hantu Betamak, Burung Hantu Betemak, Burung Pungguk
Nepali: कालपेचक
Dutch: Zuid-Aziatische Valkuil
Norwegian: Orientfalkugle
Polish: sowica brunatna
Pinyin: yīng-xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-de-agulhas
Russian: Иглоногая сова
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
Chinese: 鹰鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 鷹鴞