The Papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha), jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.
| Papuan boobook | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. theomacha
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| Binomial name | |
| Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855)
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It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, mainly on the forests' edges. It is native to New Guinea.
Uses of the name
editThe Jungle Hawk Owl is the name of a long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by students at MIT.[3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox theomacha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689460A93231190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689460A93231190.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Engineers design drones that can stay aloft for five days". MIT News. Retrieved 31 August 2017.