Owls

Northern Boobook

Ninox japonica

The Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica) is a 225 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

225 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertivore

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea, China, Thailand, Russia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore.

Where to see it: Munsu Dong Hill (Dem. Rep. Korea); 台北 · 野柳IBA(Yeliu IBA) (Taiwan); 南汇东滩 (Nanhui Dongtan) (China); 백령도(Baengnyeong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); 서울 · 올림픽공원(Seoul · Olympic Park) (Republic of Korea).

Photo: (c) Griha Hasanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist