Introduction
The Papuan Hawk Owl is a small to medium-sized owl with no ear-tufts. It is also known as the Papuan Owl, New Guinea Hawk Owl or the Papuan Boobook.
Information
Distribution: Endemic to New Guinea in two separate areas: southeast Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua, including Yapen Island.
Range of the Papuan Hawk Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
Status: Listed as 'Least Concern' by Birdlife International.
Original Description: Salvadori, Tommaso. 1874. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 6: p. 308.
