Southern boobook

Scientific name: Ninox novaeseelandiae.
Family: Strigidae
Length: 33 cm.
Habitat: Different environments, from tropical rainforest to temperate forests open desert scrub, villages and suburban areas.
Distribution: Any Australia, Tasmania and some coastal islands. South of New Guinea.
ID: Upper dark brown, red-brown below the bar and stained white. Eyes big and yellow.


The southern boobook is the smallest nocturnal predator and plentiful in Australia and attend suburban areas, but is primarily nocturnal, but is more common to hear that view, with a sound similar to (((cu-cu))) Cuckoo's . Although it is nocturnal and twilight, it is possible to see it in full this cloudy day. It feeds on insects such as beetles and moths that usually grabs the fly, as well as rodents and lizards that traps in the ground. The Maori norox breeding normally from September to February, nestled in the hollow of a tree that left bare or tapestry with a little vegetation. The female incubated the making, from two to four eggs and the male seeking food. Both parents care for the offspring, leaving the nest to the five or six weeks.