Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusNinox (Boobooks and Hawk-Owls)
- SpeciesNinox scutulata (Brown Boobook)
Closest Relatives at Kaeng Krachan National Park
Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
White-fronted Scops-Owl
Otus sagittatus
Collared Scops Owl
Otus lettia
Collared Owlet
Glaucidium brodiei
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Mountain Scops-Owl
Otus spilocephalus
Buffy Fish-Owl
Ketupa ketupu
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Oriental Bay-Owl
Phodilus badius
Eastern Barn Owl
Tyto javanica
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Boobook in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Brown Boobook sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park, based on 508 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Boobook in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Brown Boobook in Kaeng Krachan National Park in our monthly data.