Cinnabar boobook
Ninox ios Rasmussen, 1999
The cinnabar boobook (Ninox ios) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 86 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the cinnabar boobook
- Weight
- 86 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 cinnabar boobook live?
Not recorded
What is the cinnabar boobook?
The cinnabar boobook (Ninox ios), also known as the cinnabar hawk-owl, is a hawk-owl endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From the Wikipedia article “Cinnabar boobook” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinnabar_boobook&oldid=1380594035), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the cinnabar boobook endangered?
The cinnabar 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 cinnabar boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox ios Rasmussen, 1999
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- Cinnabar hawk-owlEnglish
- Cinnabar hawk-owlEnglish
- nínox canyellaCatalan
- sovka celebeskáCzech
- sovka rumělkováCzech
- Cinnober HøgeugleDanish
- ZinnoberkauzGerman
- rusta nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox bermejoSpanish
- Lechuza gavilana de CinnabarSpanish
- minahassa haugaskakkEstonian
- ruostehaukkapöllöFinnish
- cinnabarinhaukkapöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe rouilleuseFrench
- kestenjasta ćukušaCroatian
- fahéjszínű héjabagolyHungarian
- Pungguk merah-tuaIndonesian
- Gufastore di CinnabarItalian
- Gufastore vermiglioneItalian
- シュイロアオバズクJapanese
- sulavesinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- kanelfalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- Roestbruine ValkuilDutch
- Roestbruine BoeboekuilDutch
- tostøtugleNorwegian
- sowica cynobrowaPolish
- mocho-avermelhadoPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-vermelhaPortuguese
- Коричневая иглоногая соваRussian
- Сулавесская иглоногая соваRussian
- sovka rumelkováSlovak
- cinnoberspökugglaSwedish
- Selebes Dağ BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг індонезійськаUkrainian
- 棕红鹰鸮Chinese
- 辛納巴鷹鴞Chinese
Relatives of the cinnabar 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
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cinnabar boobook?
An adult cinnabar boobook weighs 86 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the cinnabar boobook endangered?
The cinnabar 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 cinnabar boobook?
The cinnabar boobook (Ninox ios) 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.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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