Mindoro boobook
Ninox mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896
The mindoro boobook (Ninox mindorensis) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 113 g to 141 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
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Quick facts about the mindoro boobook
- Weight
- 113 g – 141 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc 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
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the mindoro boobook live?
Not recorded
What is the mindoro boobook?
The Mindoro boobook or Mindoro hawk-owl (Ninox mindorensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in the island of Mindoro. Its habitat is the tropical lowland rainforests. It is threatened and declining due to deforestation.
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Is the mindoro boobook endangered?
The mindoro boobook is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- 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 Vulnerable species.
How is the mindoro boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896
Synonyms Ninox philippensis mindorensis, Ninox plateni, Ninox spilocephala mindorensis
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- Mindoro hawk-owlEnglish
- Mindoro hawk-owlEnglish
- Mindoro hawk-owlEnglish
- sovka mindorskáCzech
- MindorohøgeugleDanish
- MindorokauzGerman
- mindora nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox de MindoroSpanish
- mindoronhaukkapöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe de MindoroFrench
- mindorska ćukušaCroatian
- mindoroi héjabagolyHungarian
- Gufastore di MindoroItalian
- ミンドロアオバズクJapanese
- Mindorinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- mindorofalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- MindorovalkuilDutch
- MindoroboeboekuilDutch
- rustbukugleNorwegian
- sowica jarzębataPolish
- mocho-de-mindoroPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-de-mindoroPortuguese
- Миндорская иглоногая соваRussian
- sovka vlnkovanáSlovak
- Bubuk sa ostrva MindoroSerbian
- mindorospökugglaSwedish
- Mindoro BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг міндорійськаUkrainian
- 民岛鹰鸮Chinese
- 民多羅鷹鴞Chinese
Relatives of the mindoro 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
CompareMindoro boobook vs Brown boobookMindoro boobook vs MoreporkMindoro boobook vs Powerful owlMindoro boobook vs Barking owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mindoro boobook?
An adult mindoro boobook weighs 113 g – 141 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the mindoro boobook endangered?
The mindoro boobook is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the mindoro boobook?
The mindoro boobook (Ninox mindorensis) 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
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
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