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Species
Ninox theomacha Bonaparte, 1855
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SUMMARY
Small hawk- owl, relatively plain above and below. Facial disc uniformly black- brown, paler eyebrows, indistinct pale rictal bristles; sooty chocolate- brown above, unmarked or with few spots on scapulars; rich chestnut- brown below; yellow eyes; grey bill. Differs from N. jacquinoti in lack of white throat, dark and unbarred underparts. Sexes similar, female slightly larger. Juvenile dull brown. Races differ in size and colour: hoedtii duller than nominate, with browner head; goldii larger, belly with much white; rosseliana with even more white below. Voice: Disyllabic “boo-boo”, the two notes identical, slightly descending in pitch, repeated every 3 - 4 seconds, continuing throughout most of night.