---
title: "Brown Boobook"
description: "Ninox scutulata — Birds. The brown boobook (Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is a typical owl species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-boobook
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Boobook

> Ninox scutulata — Birds. The brown boobook (Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is a typical owl species.

- Scientific name: *Ninox scutulata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1528
- Wikidata: [Q856009](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856009)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204550](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204550)

## Names

- en: Brown Boobook
- de: Falkenkauz
- es: Nínox pardo
- fr: Ninoxe hirsute
- nl: Zuid-Aziatische valkuil
- pt: Coruja-de-agulhas
- pl: Sowica brunatna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (468), SG (310), TH (212), MY (103), LK (86), CN (57), VN (33), BD (32), NP (28), ID (21), KH (16), BT (9)

## Summary

The brown boobook (Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is a typical owl species. It has dark brown upperparts, whitish underparts with reddish-brown streaking, and a barred tail. It is a resident breeder in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, southern China and western Indonesia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_boobook

## Photo

![Brown Boobook](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-boobook/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34868156

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-boobook?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).