Malaita owl
Athene malaitae (Mayr, 1931)
Status not recordedowls
The malaita owl (Athene malaitae) 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 malaita 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 malaita 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 malaita owl is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the malaita owl?
The Malaita owl (Athene malaitae), also known as the Malaita boobook, is a small to medium-sized owl. It is endemic to Malaita. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Solomons boobook.
From the Wikipedia article “Malaita owl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malaita_owl&oldid=1337208914), 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 malaita 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 malaita owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusAthene
- SpeciesAthene malaitae (Mayr, 1931)
Synonyms Athene jacquinoti malaitae, Ninox jacquinoti malaitae, Ninox malaitae
Other names and names in other languages (20)
- Malaita boobookEnglish
- nínox de l'illa MalaitaCatalan
- sýček malaitskýCzech
- Malaita HøgeugleDanish
- MalaitakauzGerman
- malaita strigetoEsperanto
- Nínox de MalaitaSpanish
- Ninoxe de MalaitaFrench
- Chevêche de MalaitaFrench
- malaitska ćukušaCroatian
- Civetta di MalaitaItalian
- Malaitinė pelėdikėLithuanian
- MalaitavalkuilDutch
- malaitaugleNorwegian
- pójdźka brunatnaPolish
- mocho-de-malaitaPortuguese
- kuvik malaitskýSlovak
- malaitaugglaSwedish
- сич малаїтанськийUkrainian
- 马雷塔鹰鸮Chinese
Relatives of the malaita owl
Other species in the same genus Athene.
Little owl
Athene noctua
Burrowing owl
Athene cunicularia
Spotted owlet
Athene brama
Forest owlet
Athene blewitti
White-browed owl
Athene superciliaris
Makira owl
Athene roseoaxillaris
CompareMalaita owl vs Little owlMalaita owl vs Burrowing owlMalaita owl vs Spotted owletMalaita owl vs Forest owlet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the malaita owl?
An adult malaita owl weighs 200.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the malaita owl live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the malaita owl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the malaita owl?
The malaita owl (Athene malaitae) 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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