Solomon hawk owl
Athene jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850
Status not recordedowls
The solomon hawk owl (Athene jacquinoti) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 200.8 g to 277 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the solomon hawk owl
- Weight
- 200.8 g – 277 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 solomon hawk 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 solomon hawk 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.
Is the solomon hawk 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 solomon hawk owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusAthene
- SpeciesAthene jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850
Synonyms Ninox jacquinoti
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- Solomon hawk-owlEnglish
- Solomons boobookEnglish
- West Solomons boobookEnglish
- West Solomons owlEnglish
- nínox de JacquinotCatalan
- sovka šalamounskáCzech
- sýček šalomounskýCzech
- SalomonhøgeugleDanish
- SalomonenkauzGerman
- SalomonenfalkenkauzGerman
- salomona strigetoEsperanto
- Nínox de las SalomónSpanish
- Nínox de las Salomón occidentalesSpanish
- saalomonisaarte haugaskakkEstonian
- salomoninpöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe de JacquinotFrench
- Chevêche de JacquinotFrench
- solomonska ćukušaCroatian
- salamon-szigeteki héjabagolyHungarian
- Gufastore delle SalomoneItalian
- Civetta delle Salomone occidentaliItalian
- ソロモンアオバズクJapanese
- saliamoninė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- SalomonfalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- SalomonsvalkuilDutch
- West-SalomonsvalkuilDutch
- salomonugleNorwegian
- pójdźka melanezyjskaPolish
- mocho-das-salomão-ocidentaisPortuguese
- Соломонская иглоногая соваRussian
- kuvik šalamúnskySlovak
- Bubuk sa Solomonskih ostrvaSerbian
- salomonugglaSwedish
- Yakalı BubukTurkish
- сова-голконіг меланезійськаUkrainian
- 所罗门鹰鸮Chinese
- 所羅門鷹鴞Chinese
Relatives of the solomon hawk 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
CompareSolomon hawk owl vs Little owlSolomon hawk owl vs Burrowing owlSolomon hawk owl vs Spotted owletSolomon hawk owl vs Forest owlet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the solomon hawk owl?
An adult solomon hawk owl weighs 200.8 g – 277 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the solomon hawk owl live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the solomon hawk owl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the solomon hawk owl?
The solomon hawk owl (Athene jacquinoti) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
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
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