Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusNinox (Boobooks and Hawk-Owls)
- SpeciesNinox scutulata (Brown Boobook)
The brown boobook (Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is a typical owl species. It has dark brown upperparts, whitish underparts with reddish-brown streaking, and a barred tail. It is a resident breeder in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, southern China and western Indonesia. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Boobook sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 45 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Boobook in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Boobook sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 45 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Brown Boobook in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
December has the highest sighting rate for Brown Boobook in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.