Moluccan Hawk Owl - Ninox squamipila

Also known as Indonesian Hawk Owl

Typical Calls (Duet?)

Halmahera, Indonesia (N. s. hypogramma)

© Dave Farrow

Status: Locally rather common.

Original Description: Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1850. Conspectus generum avium (Consp. Gen. Av.) 1: p 41.

Subspecies: N. s. squamipila, N. s. forbesi, N. s. hantu, N. s. hypogramma

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