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'''''Ninox''''' is a [[genus]] of [[true owl]]s comprising about 30 species found in [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]. Many species are known as '''hawk owls''' or '''boobooks'''. Note that the [[northern hawk-owl]] ''Surnia ulula'' is not a member of this genus. Molecular analysis indicates the genus is an early offshoot from the ancestors of the rest of the true owls, and are maybe best-classified in a subfamily Ninoxinae with the genera ''[[Sceloglaux]]'' and ''[[Uroglaux]]''.
'''''Ninox''''' is a [[genus]] of [[true owl]]s comprising about 30 species found in [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]. Many species are known as '''hawk owls''' or '''boobooks'''. Note that the [[northern hawk-owl]] ''Surnia ulula'' is not a member of this genus. Molecular analysis indicates the genus is an early offshoot from the ancestors of the rest of the true owls, and are maybe best-classified in a subfamily Ninoxinae with the genera ''[[Sceloglaux]]'' and ''[[Uroglaux]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wink|first=Michael|coauthors=El-Sayed, Abdel-Aziz; Sauer-Gürth, Hedi |date=2009|title=Molecular Phylogeny of Owls (Strigiformes) Inferred from DNA Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b and the Nuclear RAG-1 gene|journal=Ardea|volume=97|issue=4|pages=581-91|doi=0.5253/078.097.0425}}</ref>


The species of ''Ninox'' are:
The species of ''Ninox'' are:

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Ninox

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Ninox is a genus of true owls comprising about 30 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk owls or boobooks. Note that the northern hawk-owl Surnia ulula is not a member of this genus. Molecular analysis indicates the genus is an early offshoot from the ancestors of the rest of the true owls, and are maybe best-classified in a subfamily Ninoxinae with the genera Sceloglaux and Uroglaux.[1]

The species of Ninox are:

The fossil owls "Otus" wintershofensis and "Strix" brevis, both from the Early or Middle Miocene of Wintershof West, Germany, are close to this genus; the latter was sometimes explicitly placed in Ninox (Olson 1985) but is now in Intutula. "Strix" edwardsi from the Late Miocene of La Grive St. Alban, France, might also belong into this group[citation needed].

Moluccan hawk-owl (N. squamipila) (left); Timor boobook (N. boobook fusca) (right)

In Human Culture

  • "NINOX" is an Australian Army project to develop night vision goggles; it is named after Ninox strenua.

References

  1. ^ Wink, Michael (2009). "Molecular Phylogeny of Owls (Strigiformes) Inferred from DNA Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b and the Nuclear RAG-1 gene". Ardea. 97 (4): 581–91. doi:0.5253/078.097.0425. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2014). "Master List: IOC World Bird List – Owls". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithologists’ Union. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.4.1. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  3. ^ a b c "ITIS Standard Report Page: Ninox novaeseelandiae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "ITIS Standard Report Page: Ninox boobook". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  • Olson, Storrs L. (1985): IX.C. Strigiformes. In: Farner, D.S.; King, J.R. & Parkes, Kenneth C. (eds.): Avian Biology 8: 129-132. Academic Press, New York.

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