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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 13, pt.2 p.280

Protonym:
  Strix scutulata

Type locality:
  Sumatra.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13692#page/312/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F9B564F2A0A568C2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F9B564F2

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555481

Geographic range:

  • Ninox scutulata: lowland to foothill rainforest, wooded parks and plantations, and mangroves, from India, Sri Lanka, and Nicobar Islands, eastward to southeastern Chin, including Hainan, and southward to Palawan (Philippines), Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and associated islands
  • 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 scutulata isolata: Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands)
  • Ninox scutulata 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. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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

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