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| Least Boobook Ninox sumbaensis
- Adult |
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| Photographer : | © Jerry Olsen & Susan Trost |
| Location : | Sumba Island, Indonesia |
| Date : |
2 January 2002 |
| English synonyms: | Little Sumba Boobook, Little Sumba Hawk Owl, Little Sumba Hawk-owl |
| Bird Family : | Strigidae - Typical Owls |
| Bird Group : | STRIGIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Near Threatened |
| Remarks : | This species was newly described in 2002.
This bird is one of 6 adult Ninox sumbaensis observed in forest south of Km 49 (from Waingapu)on the Lewa Road. Reproduced from Emu: Austral Ornithology Vol. 102 (J Olsen, M Wink, H Sauer-Gurth & S Trost, 2002) with kind permission of CSIRO PUBLISHING. ©Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 2002 http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/emu/ |
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