Mindoro Hawk-Owl (Ninox mindorensis)
About the Mindoro Hawk-Owl
The Mindoro boobook or Mindoro hawk-owl (Ninox mindorensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae that is endemic to the Philippines. Among the Philippine hawk-owl species complex, it is distinguished by the fine barring on its head and belly and its overall darker plumage. The Mindoro boobook is an earless species. The males and females look much alike. It is medium-sized at 20cm tall, along with the Sulu boobook, in the Philippine hawk-owl species complex. This is in between the larger Camiguin boobook, Romblon boobook and Cebu boobook at 25cm and the smaller Luzon boobook and Mindanao boobook which are 15 to 18cm tall.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 3 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Australian BoobookNinox boobookrecording
- Brown Hawk-OwlNinox scutulatarecording
- Little Sumba Hawk-OwlNinox sumbaensisrecording
- MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiaerecording
- Rote BoobookNinox rotiensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.