Buru boobook
Ninox hantu (Wallace, 1863)
The buru boobook (Ninox hantu) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 210 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the buru boobook
- Weight
- 210 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the buru boobook live?
Not recorded
What is the buru boobook?
The Buru boobook (Ninox hantu) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.
The Buru boobook is dark on the top with a bright rufous beneath it. Its forehead, cheeks, and chin are slight white, the tarsi and toes are filled with bristles, the bill is a horn-colored white, the irises are yellow, and their feet are white.
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Is the buru boobook endangered?
The buru boobook is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the buru boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox hantu (Wallace, 1863)
Synonyms Athene hantu, Ninox squamipila hantu
Other names and names in other languages (23)
- nínox de l'illa BuruCatalan
- BuruhøgeugleDanish
- BurukauzGerman
- burua nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox de la BuruSpanish
- Ninoxe de BuruFrench
- buruska ćukušaCroatian
- Gufastore di BuruItalian
- ブルアオバズクJapanese
- Burinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- BurufalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- BuruvalkuilDutch
- BuruboeboekuilDutch
- hantuugleNorwegian
- sowica rdzawobrzuchaPolish
- mocho-de-buruPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-de-buruPortuguese
- sovka buruskáSlovak
- Bubuk sa ostrva BuruSerbian
- buruspökugglaSwedish
- Buru BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг буруйськаUkrainian
- 布鲁鹰鸮Chinese
Relatives of the buru boobook
Other species in the same genus Ninox.
Brown boobook
Ninox scutulata
Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
Powerful owl
Ninox strenua
Barking owl
Ninox connivens
Andaman boobook
Ninox affinis
Australian boobook
Ninox boobook
CompareBuru boobook vs Brown boobookBuru boobook vs MoreporkBuru boobook vs Powerful owlBuru boobook vs Barking owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buru boobook?
An adult buru boobook weighs 210 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the buru boobook endangered?
The buru boobook is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the buru boobook?
The buru boobook (Ninox hantu) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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