“rufa subtus albida, nigricanti undulato-fasciata tarsis, sicut et digitis, pilis brevissimus sparsis squamulosis” (Bonaparte 1850) ( Ninox). Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over &1 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information for 20,000 regions, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more.They have long, pointed wings and a long tail. Hantoo and Pongo are both names given by the Malays to certain imaginary beings of evil omen, or in one word, hobgoblins" (Raffles 1822) ( Ninox). Members of the genus Ninox are hawk owls, ranging from small to large, with rounded heads without ear-tufts. Malay name Burung hantu ghost bird, for an owl (Smathi Chong in litt.) "Burong Hantoo, or Pongo. “rufa subtus albida, nigricanti undulato-fasciata tarsis, sicut et digitis, pilis brevissimus sparsis squamulosis” (Bonaparte 1850) ( Ninox).Marks, and Nigel Collar Version: 1.0 Published AugRevision Notes. LC Least Concern Names (14) Monotypic Peter F. Berneyornis, Cephaloglaux, Cephaloptynx, Ctenoglaux, Hieracoglaux, Rhabdoglaux, Rhodoglaux, Spiloglaux. Seram Boobook Ninox squamipila Scientific name definitions. Type, by monotypy, Ninox nipalensis Hodgson = Strix lugubris Tickell." (Peters 1940, IV, 136). Surnia may possibly dispute with it the honour of typifying the nobler races of the Falconidæ: but the thickly plumed toes and wedged tail of Surnia, sufficiently indicate that our bird is not of that genus.” (Hodgson 1837) " Ninox Hodgson, Madras Journ. Ninox squamipila hypogramma Taxonomy ID: 79240 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid79240) current name. *I regret I have no species of Surnia wherewith to compare our bird. It is an owl, undoubtedly, but the most accipitrine of owls and, much as the peculiar attributes of Noctua had prepared me to expect, in or near this group of the Strigidæ, the type and symbol of the Accipitrinæ, I did not hope that the forests of Nepal would so soon yield that type to my own hands.* SPECIES new, Nipalensis nobis. The Moluccan Hawk-Owl (Ninox squamipila), is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. The experienced Shikaree who brought me, recently, a fine male specimen of this bird, asked me, when he put it in my hand, whether it was a Baaz (hawk) or an Ulu (owl)? And the more I examined its graceful form, its unrelaxed plumage, its strong and ample wings and tail, and even its peculiar colouring, the greater reason did I perceive to admire the man’s acuteness of observation. Wings long and firm, 3d quill longest, 1st and 2d moderately gradated the primes, pretty strongly emarginated high up from the tips their edges, entirely or nearly so. Character.-Bill, disc, conch, and feet as in Noctua.-General contour, with the character of the plumage, strictly falconidine. scutulata lugubris) Portmanteau of genera Nisus Cuvier, 1800, hawk, and Noctua de Savigny, 1809, owl “ Genus NINOX, nobis (a Niso et Noctua). 1 p.41Ĭategory: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Ninox
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