Guadalcanal Owl
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The Guadalcanal boobook (''Ninox granti''), also known as the Guadalcanal owl is a small to medium-sized owl. It is endemic to
Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the seco ...
. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the
Solomons boobook The Solomons boobook has been split into the following species: * West Solomons owl, ''Athene jacquinoti'' * Guadalcanal owl, ''Athene granti'' * Malaita owl, ''Athene malaitae'' * Makira owl, ''Athene roseoaxillaris'' {{Animal common name ...
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q107802243 Guadalcanal owl Endemic birds of the Solomon Islands Owls of Oceania Least concern biota of Oceania Guadalcanal owl Taxa named by Richard Bowdler Sharpe