The Timor boobook (Ninox fusca) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found on Timor, Roma, Leti and Semau Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia.[2][3]
It has a more grey-brown plumage with no red tinge, unlike other subspecies. It has grey streaks on its belly and white spots on its secondaries, inner wing-coverts and nape.[2] It was described by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 as Strix fusca.[4] Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr noted that it closely resembled the Australian boobook and concluded it was probably a subspecies of the latter,[5] and Mayr classified it as a subspecies in 1943.[6] Genetic and call analysis show it to be markedly divergent to the Australian populations of the Australian boobook, leading Gwee and colleagues to suggest it be reclassified as a separate species.[7] Its calls are shorter and more frequent than the Australian boobook.[8] It was reclassified as a distinct species in 2019.
The Timor boobook (Ninox fusca) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found on Timor, Roma, Leti and Semau Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia.
It has a more grey-brown plumage with no red tinge, unlike other subspecies. It has grey streaks on its belly and white spots on its secondaries, inner wing-coverts and nape. It was described by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 as Strix fusca. Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr noted that it closely resembled the Australian boobook and concluded it was probably a subspecies of the latter, and Mayr classified it as a subspecies in 1943. Genetic and call analysis show it to be markedly divergent to the Australian populations of the Australian boobook, leading Gwee and colleagues to suggest it be reclassified as a separate species. Its calls are shorter and more frequent than the Australian boobook. It was reclassified as a distinct species in 2019.
El nínox de Timor (Ninox fusca) es una especie de ave strigiforme de la familia Strigidae endémica de las islas de Timor, Roma, Leti y Semau en las islas menores de la Sonda, al este de Indonesia.[1]
Fue descrito por el ornitólogo francés Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot en 1817 como Strix fusca.[2] El ornitólogo austriaco Carl Eduard Hellmayr notó que se parecía mucho al nínox australiano y concluyó que probablemente era una subespecie de este último,[3] y Mayr lo clasificó como una subespecie en 1943.[4] El análisis genético y de las llamadas muestra que es marcadamente divergente a las poblaciones australianas, lo que llevó a Gwee y a sus colegas a sugerir que se reclasificara como especie separada.[5] Sus llamadas son más cortas y más frecuentes que el nínox australiano y fue reclasificado como especie distinta en 2019.[6]
El nínox de Timor (Ninox fusca) es una especie de ave strigiforme de la familia Strigidae endémica de las islas de Timor, Roma, Leti y Semau en las islas menores de la Sonda, al este de Indonesia.
