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Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)

Brown Hawk-Owl | Ninox scutulata photo

Brown Hawk-Owl

Image by M.Nishimura - Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BROWN HAWK-OWL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Ninox scutulata in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Ninox
Species:	scutulata
Common Name:	Brown Hawk-Owl

Relatives in same Genus
  Barking Owl (N. connivens)
  Boobook Owl (N. novaeseelandiae)
  Rufous Owl (N. rufa)
  Powerful Owl (N. strenua)