Manus Boobook Ninox meeki Scientific name definitions

25–31 cm (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ); no data on body mass (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ). Small Ninox (wing length 230–240 mm (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ) ) with uniformly brown facial disc  , white rictal bristles, rufous-brown upperparts  (sometimes with indistinct paler mottling), and whitish-buff underparts with rusty-brown streaks densest on upper breast; remiges and tail barred light rufous and brown; throat whitish or pale tawny; irides pale yellow; bill pale grey; feet creamy-yellow. Sexes similar, though female said to have barred crown (versus uniformly coloured in male (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ) ). Juvenile with heavier white barring above, narrower streaks below.

Manus I (Admiralty Is).

Forest lands, including highly degraded stands, cultivated riparian areas, and trees around villages (2 Dutson, G.C.L. and Newman, J.L. (1991). Observations on the Superb Pitta Pitta superba and other Manus endemics. Bird Conservation International. 1(3): 215-222. Close ).

Resident.

No information, but diet probably includes insects (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close , 3 Mikkola, H. (2014). Owls of the World. A Photographic Guide. 2nd edition. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, USA. Close ).

Described as a series of c. 10 gruff, slowly accelerating notes  (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

No information.

Not globally threatened (Least Concern). CITES II. Restricted-range species found in Admiralty Islands EBA. Extremely poorly known, with no data on numbers, population trend, ecology or biology; research required. The fact that most of Manus is covered by forest (80% of vegetation being primary forest in 1987 (4 Stattersfield, A. J., M. J. Crosby, A. J. Long, and D. C. Wege (1998). Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 7. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK. Close ) ), and that this owl has been recorded in degraded habitats, suggests that, despite its tiny range, species is not currently at risk.