Alor boobook

Species of owl

Alor boobook

Conservation status

CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Strigiformes
Family:  | Strigidae
Genus:  | Ninox
Species:  |

N. plesseni

Binomial name
Ninox plesseni

Stresemann, 1929

The Alor boobook (Ninox plesseni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Pantar and Alor Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]

It was previously considered a subspecies of the Southern Bobook,[3] before being reclassified as its own species due to bioacoustic data in 2017.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
2. ^ Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Johnstone, Ron E. "The avifauna of Alor and Pantar, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia". Forktail. 28: 77–92.
3. ^ "Alor Boobook - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
4. ^ Irham, Mohammad; Ashari, Hidayat; Suparno; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Wu, Meng Yue; Rheindt, Frank E. (2019-10-05). "A new Myzomela honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia". Journal of Ornithology. 161 (1): 313–324. doi:10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2. ISSN 2193-7192.

Taxon identifiers

Ninox plesseni|

* Wikidata: Q60793192
* Wikispecies: Ninox plesseni
* GBIF: 10732736
* Xeno-canto: Ninox-plesseni