Cebu hawk-owl [SEP] parent taxon
Cebu hawk-owl
The Cebu hawk-owl or Cebu boobook ("Ninox rumseyi") is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Philippine hawk-owl, but was reclassified in mid-2012, as voice and other data suggested placement as a distinct species.
Description.
The Cebu hawk-owl is an earless species. The males and females look much alike.
Ecology.
The Cebu hawk-owl can be
Barking owl
- Sumba boobook
- Southern boobook
- Morepork
- Brown hawk-owl
- Northern boobook
- Chocolate boobook
- Hume's hawk-owl
- Andaman hawk-owl
- White-browed hawk-owl
- Luzon hawk-owl
- Mindanao hawk-owl
- Mindoro hawk-owl
- Romblon hawk-owl
- Cebu hawk-owl
- Camiguin hawk-owl
- Sulu hawk-owl
- Ochre-bellied boobook
- Cinnabar boobook