Manus boobook
Ninox meeki Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914
The manus boobook (Ninox meeki) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 265 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the manus boobook
- Weight
- 265 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
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the manus boobook 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 manus boobook is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the manus boobook?
The Manus boobook, Manus hawk owl, Admiralty hawk owl or Admiralty Islands hawk owl (Ninox meeki) is a small owl. It has an unmarked brown facial disk, rufous crown and back, barred white flight feathers and tail, and whitish underparts with rufous streaking. Its call is repeated growling, like that of a frog.
This species is endemic to Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands. It lives mainly in forests, but will appear in trees near humans, and will sometimes occupy riparian habitats. It is fairly common throughout its limited range.
It is one of two species of owl on Manus Island.
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Is the manus boobook endangered?
The manus 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.
How is the manus boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox meeki Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- Manus hawk-owlEnglish
- Manus hawk-owlEnglish
- nínox de l'illa ManusCatalan
- sovka manuskáCzech
- gwalchdylluan ManusWelsh
- ManushøgeugleDanish
- ManuskauzGerman
- Manus-KauzGerman
- manusa nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox de la ManusSpanish
- manusi haugaskakkEstonian
- amiraliteettienpöllöFinnish
- amiraliteettisaartenpöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe de l'AmirautéFrench
- Ninoxe de l’AmirautéFrench
- manuška ćukušaCroatian
- manus-szigeti héjabagolyHungarian
- Gufastore di ManusItalian
- アドミラルティアオバズクJapanese
- アドミラルチーアオバズクJapanese
- manusinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- manusfalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- Meeks ValkuilDutch
- Meeks BoeboekuilDutch
- manusugleNorwegian
- sowica kroplistaPolish
- mocho-da-manusPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-de-manusPortuguese
- Манусская иглоногая соваRussian
- Адмиралтейская иглоногая соваRussian
- sovka fŕkanáSlovak
- manusspökugglaSwedish
- Manus BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг мануськаUkrainian
- 曼奴斯鷹鴞Chinese
- 马努斯鹰鸮Chinese
Relatives of the manus 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
CompareManus boobook vs Brown boobookManus boobook vs MoreporkManus boobook vs Powerful owlManus boobook vs Barking owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the manus boobook?
An adult manus boobook weighs 265 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the manus boobook live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the manus boobook for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the manus boobook endangered?
The manus 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 manus boobook?
The manus boobook (Ninox meeki) 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
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