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Genus: Ninox (36 species)

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Andaman Boobook (Ninox affinis) Range: OR: Andaman Is.


Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook lurida) Range: AU: Lesser Sundas, sc New Guinea and Australia (except Tasmania) Eprepah Environmental Centre, Queensland, Australia
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Togian Boobook (Ninox burhani) Near Threatened Range: AU: Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi)


Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) Range: AU: n Moluccas, e New Guinea and Australia Australia
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Tanimbar Boobook (Ninox forbesi) Range: AU: Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)

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Timor Boobook (Ninox fusca) Range: AU: Timor (e Lesser Sundas)

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Buru Boobook (Ninox hantu) Range: AU: Buru (wc Moluccas)

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Halmahera Boobook (Ninox hypogramma) Range: AU: Halmahera, Ternate and Bacan (n Moluccas)

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Cinnabar Boobook (Ninox ios) Range: AU: montane n Sulawesi

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Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica) Range: PAL, OR: Russian Far East to Korean Pen., Japan and Taiwan


Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis) Range: AU: Tasmania (se Australia) Tasmania, Australia
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Camiguin Boobook (Ninox leventisi) Vulnerable Range: OR: Camiguin Sur (n of Mindanao, s Philippines)

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Manus Boobook (Ninox meeki) Range: AU: Manus and Los Negros (ne of Manus; Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.)

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Mindoro Boobook (Ninox mindorensis) Vulnerable Range: OR: Mindoro (wc Philippines)

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Christmas Boobook (Ninox natalis) Vulnerable Range: IO: Christmas I. (s of w Java)


Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Range: AU: North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Norfolk and Lord Howe is. New Zealand
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Hume's Boobook (Ninox obscura) Range: OR: Andaman Is.


Ochre-bellied Boobook (Ninox ochracea) Near Threatened Range: AU: Sulawesi and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi) Tonkoko Rd., Sulawesi, Indonesia
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New Britain Boobook (Ninox odiosa) Vulnerable Range: AU: New Britain and Watom (n of ne New Britain; se Bismarck Arch.) New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Luzon Boobook (Ninox philippensis) Range: OR: n, c Philippines

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Alor Boobook (Ninox plesseni) Range: AU: Alor (ec Lesser Sundas)


Speckled Boobook (Ninox punctulata) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Kabaena, Muna and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi) Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Chocolate Boobook (Ninox randi) Near Threatened Range: OR: Philippines (except Palawan group) and Talaud Is. (ne of Sulawesi)

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Sulu Boobook (Ninox reyi) Vulnerable Range: OR: Sulu Arch. (s Philippines)

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Rote Boobook (Ninox rotiensis) Near Threatened Range: AU: Rote (e Lesser Sundas)

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Sumba Boobook (Ninox rudolfi) Near Threatened Range: AU: Sumba (sc Lesser Sundas)


Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa) Range: AU: New Guinea and w satellites, and n Australia Darwin Botanical Gardens, Australia
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Cebu Boobook (Ninox rumseyi) Vulnerable Range: OR: Cebu (w Philippines)


Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata scutulata) Range: OR, PAL: n India to s China and Borneo Singapore
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

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Mindanao Boobook (Ninox spilocephala) Near Threatened Range: OR: Basilan, Mindanao, Siargao and Dinagat Is. (s Philippines)


Romblon Boobook (Ninox spilonotus fisheri) Endangered Range: OR: Sibuyan and Tablas (c Philippines) Tablas, Philippines
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Seram Boobook (Ninox squamipila) Range: AU: Seram (ec Moluccas)


Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) Range: AU: se QLD to se SA (e, se Australia) Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
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Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) Immature Range: AU: se QLD to se SA (e, se Australia) Newstead, Victoria, Australia
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Least Boobook (Ninox sumbaensis) Endangered Range: AU: Sumba (wc Lesser Sundas)


Papuan Boobook (Ninox theomacha) Range: AU: New Guinea (except sc) New Guinea
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New Ireland Boobook (Ninox variegata variegata) Range: AU: montane Lavongai and New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.) Lelet Plateau, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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