Ninox
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Ninox is a genus of true owls comprising 36 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk-owls or boobooks, but the northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) is not a member of this genus.
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Ninox | |
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Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Ninox Hodgson, 1837 |
Type species | |
Ninox nipalensis[1] = Strix lugubris Tickell 1833 |
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