Australian Boobook

Ninox boobook

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Ninox

Vocalizations

Nathan Ruser · CC0_1_0
porkytama · CC_BY_4_0
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Richard Shirky · CC_BY_4_0
Donald Hobern · CC0_1_0
graeme lunt · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Ninox boobook boobook

    eastern and southeastern Australia (northeastern Queensland southward to eastern New South Wales, Victoria and southeastern South Australia)

  • Ninox boobook cinnamomina

    Babar Island (east of Timor)

  • Ninox boobook halmaturina

    Kangaroo Island (off South Australia)

  • Ninox boobook lurida

    northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics regio, northern Queensland)

  • Ninox boobook moae

    Moa, Leti, and Romang islands (east of Timor)

  • Ninox boobook ocellata

    Sawu (Lesser Sundas) and Australia (except eastern and southeastern Australia and Tasmania)

  • Ninox boobook pusilla

    southern New Guinea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.