Tanimbar boobook
Ninox forbesi P. L. Sclater, 1883
The tanimbar boobook (Ninox forbesi) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 210 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the tanimbar boobook
- Weight
- 210 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
- Not recorded
Where does the tanimbar boobook live?
Not recorded
What is the tanimbar boobook?
The Tanimbar boobook, or Tanimbar hawk-owl (Ninox forbesi), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.
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Is the tanimbar boobook endangered?
The tanimbar 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. What the categories mean.
How is the tanimbar boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox forbesi P. L. Sclater, 1883
Synonyms Ninox squamipila forbesi
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- nínox de l'illa TanimbarCatalan
- sovka tanimbarskáCzech
- TanimbarhøgeugleDanish
- TanimbarkauzGerman
- tanimbara nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox de las TanimbarSpanish
- tanimbarinhaukkapöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe des TanimbarFrench
- tanimbarska ćukušaCroatian
- Pungguk malukuIndonesian
- Gufastore delle TanimbarItalian
- タニンバルアオバズクJapanese
- Tanimbarinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- tanimbarfalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- TanimbarvalkuilDutch
- TanimbarboeboekuilDutch
- tanimbarugleNorwegian
- sowica ognistaPolish
- mocho-das-tanimbarPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-das-tanimbarPortuguese
- Иглоногая сова ФорбесаRussian
- Танимбарская иглоногая соваRussian
- Bubuk sa Tanimbarskih ostrvaSerbian
- tanimbarspökugglaSwedish
- Tanimbar BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг танімбарськаUkrainian
- 塔宁巴鹰鸮Chinese
- 塔尼巴鷹鴞Chinese
Relatives of the tanimbar 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
CompareTanimbar boobook vs Brown boobookTanimbar boobook vs MoreporkTanimbar boobook vs Powerful owlTanimbar boobook vs Barking owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tanimbar boobook?
An adult tanimbar boobook weighs 210 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the tanimbar boobook endangered?
The tanimbar 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 tanimbar boobook?
The tanimbar boobook (Ninox forbesi) 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
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