Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Ochre-bellied Hawk-owl (Ninox ochracea) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Ninox ochracea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl N ochracea and the also recently described Cinnabar Hawk-Owl N ios (cf Dutch Birding 21: 372, 1999). The new owl was first heard and seen on 25 December 1999 at Benteng on Togian, one of the central islands of the archipelago. In 1999 and 2001, several further observations were made on Togian. In August 2001, also Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl was found there. More