Tag: Ninox burhani

Togian Hawk owl discovered in 2004

Togian Hawk-owl Ninox burhani NEAR THREATENED On Christmas night (25 December) 1999, in the village of Benteng on Togian Island, three unidentified hawk-owls were watched by torchlight, hunting from perches in a garden. They were medium-sized true owls, lacking ear tufts, with a dark, pale-scalloped mantle, darkish facial disc, grey bill, white underwings and undertail […]