Alor boobook
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The Alor boobook (Ninox plesseni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Pantar and Alor Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]
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Alor boobook | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Ninox |
Species: | N. plesseni |
Binomial name | |
Ninox plesseni Stresemann, 1929 | |
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It was previously considered a subspecies of the Southern Bobook,[3] before being reclassified as its own species due to bioacoustic data in 2017.[4]