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Makira owl

Athene roseoaxillaris (E. J. O. Hartert, 1929)

Status not recordedowls

The makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 200.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the makira owl

Weight
200.8 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
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the makira owl live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The makira owl is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the makira owl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris), also known as the Makira boobook, is a small to medium-sized species of owl in the Family Strigidae. It is endemic to Makira. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Solomons boobook. The Makira boobook prefers habitats of Subtropical and Tropical Moist Lowland. It is possibly extant to Ugi Island and Owariki.

From the Wikipedia article “Makira owl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Makira_owl&oldid=1355385300), 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 makira owl endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the makira owl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderStrigiformes
  5. familyStrigidae
  6. genusAthene
  7. SpeciesAthene roseoaxillaris (E. J. O. Hartert, 1929)

Synonyms Athene jacquinoti roseoaxillaris, Ninox jacquinoti roseoaxillaris, Ninox roseoaxillaris, Spiloglaux roseoaxillaris

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Makira boobookEnglish
  • nínox de l'illa MakiraCatalan
  • sýček makirskýCzech
  • Makira HøgeugleDanish
  • MakirakauzGerman
  • makira strigetoEsperanto
  • Nínox de San CristóbalSpanish
  • Ninoxe de MakiraFrench
  • Chevêche de MakiraFrench
  • cimetasta ćukušaCroatian
  • Civetta di MakiraItalian
  • Makirinė pelėdikėLithuanian
  • MakiravalkuilDutch
  • makiraugleNorwegian
  • pójdźka cynamonowaPolish
  • mocho-de-makiraPortuguese
  • kuvik hnedoprsýSlovak
  • makiraugglaSwedish
  • сич макіранськийUkrainian
  • 马基拉鹰鸮Chinese

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Relatives of the makira owl

Other species in the same genus Athene.

CompareMakira owl vs Little owlMakira owl vs Burrowing owlMakira owl vs Spotted owletMakira owl vs Forest owlet

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the makira owl?

An adult makira owl weighs 200.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the makira owl live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the makira owl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the makira owl?

The makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris) 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
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/makira-owl

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“Makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/makira-owl.

BibTeX
@misc{makira_owl_2026,
  title = {Makira owl (Athene roseoaxillaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/makira-owl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}