Togian falcon owl
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Togian falcon owl ( Ninox burhani ) |
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The Togian Falkenkauz ( Ninox Burhani ) is an owl from the genus of Buschkäuze . It occurs only in the Indonesian Togian Islands .
features
A single specimen was 25 centimeters long. The weight is 98 to 100 grams. The top is dark brown with fine whitish or light brown spots or bands. The whitish underside is spotty and striped brown. The eyes are yellow to orange-yellow, the eyebrows light brown olive. The beak is cream-colored to gray with a greenish ridge. The legs are slender and featherless, the toes with bristles and dark horn-colored claws.
Way of life
It inhabits the tropical lowland rainforest and also mixed gardens near settlements. Food and hunting behavior are unknown. The characteristic voice is expressed in a croaking song made up of two to four tones ko-koko-ok and individual sounds.
distribution
The species lives endemically in the Togian archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini in northern Sulawesi .
literature
- Heimo Mikkola: Handbook owls of the world. All 249 species in 750 color photos. Original title: Owls of the World. A photographic guide. 2012, German-language edition, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co.KG, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-440-13275-3 , p. 476.