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title: "Australian Boobook"
description: "Ninox boobook — Uccelli. The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/australian-boobook
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Boobook

> Ninox boobook — Uccelli. The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands.

- Scientific name: *Ninox boobook*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 6134
- iNaturalist taxon: [979816](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979816)

## Names

- en: Australian Boobook
- de: Boobookkauz
- es: Nínox Papú
- fr: Ninoxe d'Australie

## Countries with the most observations

AU (5755), ID (8)

## Summary

The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered to be the same species as the morepork of New Zealand until 1999. Its name is derived from its two-tone boo-book call. Eight subspecies of the Australian boobook are recognized, with three further subspecies being reclassified as separate species in 2019 due to their distinctive calls and genetics.
The smallest owl on the Australian mainland, the Australian boobook is 27 to 36 cm (10.5 to 14 in) long…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kelana Arraiza · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138934138

## Machine access

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