Christmas Island Hawk-Owl

The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Christmas Island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl (Ninox natalis) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Christmas Island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2006. Ninox natalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Christmas Island Hawk-owl Ninox natalis Adult Adult Christmas Hawk-owl - BirdLife Species Factsheet Christmas Island Hawk-owl - National recovery plan The Owls Pages - Christmas Island Hawk Owl Notes on the Diet of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl - - - Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis More

National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis - Legislative Instrument - F2007B00391 Brief Description: This instrument makes a National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl (Ninox natalis), pursuant to s 269A(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999. More

National recovery plan for the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis = Prepared by Richard Hill Birds Australia Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2004 ISBN0 642 55010 7 Contents > Previous > Next Background information - * Conservation status * Taxonomic status * Distribution and location * Ranging habits * Diet More

Monitor the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl population every two years to detect any significant change in the distribution or abundance The monitoring program will census owls in Primary Rainforest, Marginal Rainforest and regrowth vegetation and aims in Primary and Marginal Rainforest to identify a greater than 20% change in population size. More

National recovery plan for the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis - http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/n-natalis/threats.html ...Road killed Christmas Island Hawk-Owls are occasionally reported. A substantial increase in vehicular traffic will be associated with the proposed satellite launching station and the new immigration, reception and processing centre. This will likely increase the number of roadkills in high traffic areas. Thus it is possible that collisions with cars will become an issue for the conservation of populations in high traffic areas. More

The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl was first described by Lister in 1888. The total population of the species is contained on a single island and estimated to be less than 1000. This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Moluccan Hawk Owl Ninox squamipila. More

Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis = Described by: Lister (1889) Alternate common name(s): Christmas Boobook, Christmas Hawk-Owl Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range Christmas Is. in the Indian Ocean; Ex. More

Distribution: The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl is restricted to Christmas Island, a 135 square kilometre (52 square mile) Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, 360 kilometres (223.6 miles) south of Java. Distribution of Ninox natalis Distribution of Ninox natalis Status: Not under immediate threat. Original Description: Lister, JJ. 1889. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1888 (PZS): Pt. 4, p 525. References:Hill, F.A. Richard & Lill, Alan. 1998. More