Alor boobook
| Alor boobook | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. plesseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ninox plesseni Stresemann, 1929 | |
The Alor boobook (Ninox plesseni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Pantar and Alor Islands in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.
It was previously considered a subspecies of the Southern Bobook, before being reclassified as its own species due to bioacoustic data in 2017.