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Papuan boobook

Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855)

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The papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 125 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 papuan boobook

Weight
125 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
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 papuan 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 papuan boobook 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 papuan boobook?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha), jungle boobook or jungle hawk owl, is a medium-sized, dark-colored owl. It has a dark gray-brown facial disk with lighter colored eyebrows, sooty or chocolate underparts, and mainly dark gray wings.

It lives mainly in lowland forests, montane forests, and submontane forests, mainly on the forests' edges. It is native to New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Papuan boobook” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Papuan_boobook&oldid=1319806150), 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 papuan boobook endangered?

The papuan boobook is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 papuan boobook classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderStrigiformes
  5. familyStrigidae
  6. genusNinox
  7. SpeciesNinox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855)

Synonyms Spiloglaux theomacha

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Jungle boobookEnglish
  • Jungle boobookEnglish
  • Jungle hawk owlEnglish
  • Jungle hawk owlEnglish
  • Jungle hawk-owlEnglish
  • Jungle hawk-owlEnglish
  • nínox de Nova GuineaCatalan
  • sovka džunglováCzech
  • sovka novoguinejskáCzech
  • gwalchdylluan y goedwigWelsh
  • Mørkrygget HøgeugleDanish
  • EinfarbkauzGerman
  • novgvinea nizostrigoEsperanto
  • Nínox papúSpanish
  • tõmmu-haugaskakkEstonian
  • nokihaukkapöllöFinnish
  • Ninoxe bruneFrench
  • tamnoleđa ćukušaCroatian
  • egyszínű héjabagolyHungarian
  • Petrel palsuIndonesian
  • Gufastore della giunglaItalian
  • セグロアオバズクJapanese
  • džiunglinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
  • Bruine ValkuilDutch
  • Bruine BoeboekuilDutch
  • hekseugleNorwegian
  • sowica papuaskaPolish
  • mocho-papuaPortuguese
  • coruja-gavião-da-papuaPortuguese
  • Бурая иглоногая соваRussian
  • Одноцветная иглоногая соваRussian
  • sovka hnedáSlovak
  • Papuanski bubukSerbian
  • häxspökugglaSwedish
  • PapuaspökugglaSwedish
  • Yeni Gine BubuğuTurkish
  • сова-голконіг новогвінейськаUkrainian
  • 褐鹰鸮Chinese
  • 巴布亞褐鷹鴞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the papuan boobook

Other species in the same genus Ninox.

LC, Least Concern
Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

Morepork

Ninox novaeseelandiae

Strigidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the papuan boobook?

An adult papuan boobook weighs 125 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the papuan boobook live?

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

Is the papuan boobook endangered?

The papuan 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 papuan boobook?

The papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/papuan-boobook

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BibTeX
@misc{papuan_boobook_2026,
  title = {Papuan boobook (Ninox theomacha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/papuan-boobook},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}