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Luzon Boobook
Ninox philippensis Bonaparte, 1855
Strigidae — Owls
Luzon Boobook, Ninox philippensis, is an owl of the northern and central Philippines, where it breeds in the Oriental Region and lives in forest. It is part of the Strigidae family and was described by Bonaparte in 1855. The bird is a small hawk-owl with brown upperparts, white mottling on the wings, and a dark tail marked with narrow pale bars. It has pale eyebrow lines, a white moustache-like mark, no ear tufts, and similar-looking males and females. It occurs in lowland and montane forest up to 1,800 m.
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae — Owls
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: n, c Philippines
