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 Nagarhole National Park
Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Indian Scops-Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Mottled Wood Owl
Strix ocellata
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
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 Nagarhole National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Brown Boobook sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Boobook in Nagarhole National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Brown Boobook in Nagarhole National Park in our monthly data.