Ninox variegata
Not Threatened.
Taxonomy:
- Noctua variegata Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Carteret Harbor, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago. Relationships unclear. Proposed treatments include as member of species-group that includes N. boobook, N. novaeseelandiae, N. squamipila, N. theomacha, N. meeki and perhaps other boobooks in Australasian Region; more research needed. Sometimes referred to, erroneously, as N. solomonis. New Hanover population sometimes separated as superior. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- New Britain, New Ireland and New Hanover, in Bismarck Archipelago.
Hunters of mammals, birds and insect.