Latin: [i]Ninox boobook[/i]

A small owl, dark brown with pale spots; native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. 

Until 1999, the boobook was considered to be the same species as the "morepork":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork] of New Zealand.

h4. See also
* [[Owl]]
* [[Tag Group:Birds]]
southern boobook