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

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Brown or Hume's Boobook [excl. florensis]

Ninox [scutulata or obscura, 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

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

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FC8EA5AE1DCEC980

Avibase ID:
avibase-FC8EA5AE

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FC8EA5AE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555481

Geographic range:

Ninox scutulata scutulata: S Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra and Bangka I.
Ninox scutulata lugubris: N India to w Assam and central peninsular India
Ninox scutulata hirsuta: S India and Sri Lanka
Ninox scutulata burmanica: E Assam to s Yunnan, n Malay Pen., Thailand and Indochina
Ninox scutulata palawanensis: Palawan (sw Philippines)
Ninox scutulata javanensis: W Java
Ninox scutulata borneensis: Borneo and North Natuna Islands
Ninox obscura: Andaman Islands
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Brown or Hume's Boobook [excl. florensis]
French:
Ninoxe hirsute ou N. de Hume [excl. florensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown or Hume's Boobook [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis] ( Ninox [scutulata or obscura, excl. florensis])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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Bengali: খয়রা শিকরেপ্যাঁচা
Catalan: Nínox bru
Czech: sovka dravčí
Danish: Orientalsk Høgeugle
German: Falkenkauz
English: Brown or Hume's Boobook [excl. florensis], Brown or Hume's Hawk-Owl [excl. florensis]
Spanish: Nínox Pardo
Estonian: põhja-haugaskakk
Finnish: haukkapöllö
French: Ninoxe hirsute, Ninoxe hirsute ou N. de Hume [excl. florensis], Ninoxe hirsute ou N. des Nicobar [excl. florensis]
Hungarian: fátyolos bagoly
Indonesian: Burung 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, excl. florensis], Ninox scutulata, Ninox scutulata scutulata, Strix scutulata
Lithuanian: Rudoji aštrianagė pelėda
Malayalam: പുള്ളുനത്ത്
Malay: Burung Hantu Betamak
Nepali: कालपेचक
Dutch: Zuid-Aziatische Valkuil
Norwegian: Orientfalkugle
Polish: sowica brunatna
Pinyin: yīng-xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-de-agulhas
Russian: Иглоногая сова
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