Rote boobook
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The Rote boobook (Ninox rotiensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Rote Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia.
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Rote boobook | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Ninox |
Species: | N. rotiensis |
Binomial name | |
Ninox rotiensis Johnstone & Darnell, JC, 1997 | |
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It was first described in 1997 by Australian biologists Ronald Johnstone and J.C. Darnell from a female collected in a mist net in 1990.[2] It is smaller than the Australian boobook, with heavily barred primaries, rump and tail.[3] Locally common, it is known as Tuterui and Kokorok in Landu and Oelaba localities respectively on the island.[4] Genetic and call analysis show it to be markedly divergent from the Australian populations of the Australian boobook, leading Gwee and colleagues to suggest it be reclassified as a separate species,[5] which duly happened in 2019.