Species Ninox (Ninox) natalis Lister, 1889

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• Ninox natalis Lister, J.J. 1889. On the natural history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 512-534 [publication dated 1888] [525].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1888.8.12.15 ♂ adult, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (as Christmas Island)
  Comment: for identification of holotype, see Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Confined to main island.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, sedentary, tall forest, territorial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore.

General References

Gibson-Hill, C.A. 1947. Notes on the birds of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 87-165 (habitat, behaviour, nesting)

Kent, D.S. & Boles, W.E. 1984. Observations on the diet of the Christmas Island Owl. Corella 8: 93-94 (diet)

Olsen, P. & Stokes, T. 1988. State of knowledge of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox squamipila natalis. pp. 411-414 in Meyburg, B.-U. & Chancellor, R.D. (eds). Raptors in the Modern World. Berlin : World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, ICBP 611 pp. (status)

Pearson, A.J. 1966. The birds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 86: 66-71 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] (status, voice)

Stokes, T. 1988. A Review of the Birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Canberra : Aust. Natl Parks Wldlf. Serv. Occas. Pap. 16 40 pp. (status, references)

Common Name References

Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998. CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing iii 124 pp. (Christmas Island Hawk-owl)

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