What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Christmas Island Boobook been recorded?

Ninox natalis occurrence evidence comes from 85 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1984 to 2003. Most records come from Christmas Island.

Christmas Island Boobook
Christmas Island Boobook — Photo (display-sized rendition): ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesStrigiformesStrigidaeNinox

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

85 records across 1 countries and territories, 1984–2003.

Ninox natalis · GBIF taxon key 2497815

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19842003

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Christmas Island Boobook has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Christmas Island Boobook. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Christmas Island 85

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.