Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Ordo: Strigiformes
Familia: Strigidae
Subfamilia: Surniinae
Genus: Ninox
Species: Ninox variegata
Subspecies: N. v. superior - N. v. variegata
Name
Ninox variegata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Original combination: Noctua variegata
Synonyms
Ninox solomonis Sharpe, 1876
Ninox novaebritannicae Ramsay, 1877
References
Mayr, E. 1933: On a collection of birds, supposedly from the Solomon Islands. Ibis, 75(3): 549–552. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1933.tb03347.x
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe executé par ordre du roi, pendant 1826-1827-1828-1829 1 p.166 AtlasOis. pl.1 fig.2
Vernacular names
čeština: Sovka bismarcká
Deutsch: Neuirland-Kauz
English: Bismarck Hawk Owl
español: Nínox de las Bismarck
français: Ninoxe bariolée
The New Ireland boobook (Ninox variegata) also known as the Bismarck hawk owl or Bismarck boobook, is a small to medium-sized owl measuring 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 11.8 in) in length.[3] It is a dark rufous-brown above, with barred scapular feathers and variable amounts of spotting or barring on the wings and tail. Its underparts are whitish, with an unmarked pale throat, a dark barred upper breast and barring on the remainder of the underparts. Its face is dark brown, its eyes are brown or yellow, and its bill and legs are yellow.[4] It is short-tailed and has heavy tarsi (the part of the leg above what is commonly referred to as the foot).[5]
Endemic to the Bismarck archipelago, it occurs on the islands of New Britain, New Ireland and New Hanover,[2] where it lives in forested lowlands, hills and mountains, up to an altitude of 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[3]
It was first described as Noctua variegata by French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830.[2]
Although its population size has not been quantified, it is widespread and fairly common in forest and forest edges within its range, and its numbers are thought to be stable.[6] Deforestation is thought to be a likely threat to the species.[7]
References
BirdLife International (2018). "Ninox variegata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22689475A130164063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22689475A130164063.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Sibley, Charles Gald; Monroe, Burt Leavelle (1990). Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. New Haven, CT: Yale University. p. 182. ISBN 0-300-04969-2.
Weick, Friedhelm (2002). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Springer. p. 228. ISBN 3-540-35234-1.
König, Claus; Weick, Friedhelm; Becking, J. H (1999). Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World. Ithaca, NY: Pica Press. p. 184. ISBN 1408108844.
Rasmussen, Pamela C (December 1999). "A New Species of Hawk-owl Ninox from North Sulawesi, Indonesia" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin. 111 (4): 457–464.
"Bismarck Hawk-owl Ninox variegata". BirdLife International. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
Newton, Ian, ed. (2002). Ecology and conservation of owls. Csiro Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 0-643-06794-9.
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