Togian Boobook
A species of Asian and Australasian Hawk-owls and Boobooks Scientific name : Ninox burhani Genus : Asian and Australasian Hawk-owls and Boobooks
Togian Boobook, A species of Asian and Australasian Hawk-owls and Boobooks
Botanical name: Ninox burhani
Genus: Asian and Australasian Hawk-owls and Boobooks
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Description
Description
The Togian boobook or Togian hawk-owl (Ninox burhani) is an owl (Strigidae) described as new to science in 2004. The bird is currently known only from three islands in the Togian group, an archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species was discovered on 25 December 1999. The scientific name honours a local Indonesian conservationist called Burhan.
Size
20 cm