Northern boobook

Northern boobook
	Japan
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Ninox
Species:	N. japonica
Binomial name
	Ninox japonica; (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Synonyms
	Ninox scutulata japonica

The northern boobook (Ninox japonica) is a species of bird in the true owl family. It was split from the brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata).[2] It is found in eastern Russia (Ussuriland), North Korea, South Korea, northern and central China, and Japan.

Subspecies

The northern boobook is currently split into a sedentary and migratory subspecies: N.j. totogo (distributed in Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands with type locality in Lanyu) and N.j. japonica (which is distributed throughout the rest of its range), respectively. However, new research suggests that a revision must be made, as it has been determined that there is low genetic differentiation between migratory and sedentary populations of this species.[3]

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox japonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22725653A94898452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725653A94898452.en.
http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-PS.html
Lin, Wen-Loung; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu; Tseng, Hui-Yun; Lin, Si-Min (2013). "Genetic differentiation between migratory and sedentary populations of the Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica), with the discovery of a novel cryptic sedentary lineage". Journal of Ornithology. 154 (4): 987–994. doi:10.1007/s10336-013-0966-z.

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[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Ninox japonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22725653A94898452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725653A94898452.en.

[2] ttp://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-PS.html

[3] Lin, Wen-Loung; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu; Tseng, Hui-Yun; Lin, Si-Min (2013). "Genetic differentiation between migratory and sedentary populations of the Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica), with the discovery of a novel cryptic sedentary lineage". Journal of Ornithology. 154 (4): 987–994. doi:10.1007/s10336-013-0966-z.