Manus Hawk Owl

Manus Hawk Owl

Taxobox
name = Manus Hawk Owl
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Ninox"
species = "N. meeki"
binomial = "Ninox meeki"
binomial_authority = (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914)The Manus Hawk Owl, "Ninox meeki", is a small owl. It has an unmarked brown facial disk, rufous crown and back, barred white flight feathers and tail, and whitish underparts with rufous streaking.

This species is endemic to Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands. It lives mainly in forests, but will appear in trees humans, and will sometimes occupy riparian habitats. It is fairly common throughout its limited range.

References

* [http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Ninox&species=meeki The Owl Pages - Manus Hawk Owl]


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