Tanimbar boobook

 ( Ninox ) 

The Tanimbar boobook, or Tanimbar hawk-owl ( Ninox forbesi), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland . It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.

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