Conservation status:
Vulnerable
Diagnostic description:
Distribution: Solomon Is, on Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel.
Behaviour:
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy:
- Athene dimorpha Salvadori, 1874, Sorong, New Guinea. Genus closely allied to Ninox; sometimes merged with latter, but wings more rounded. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Distribution:
- Solomon Is, on Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel.
Trophic strategy:
Diet consists mainly of large insects such as beetles and grasshoppers.
Taxonomic name: