Laughing Owl
Ninox albifacies - Ninoxe rieuse
Identification
Laughing Owl (Ninox albifacies) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Ninox albifacies albifacies (South Island, NZ)
 - Ninox albifacies rufifacies (North Island, NZ)
 
Foreign names
- Ninoxe rieuse,
 - Nínox reidor,
 - coruja-galhofeira,
 - Lachkauz,
 - kacagóbagoly,
 - Lachuil,
 - Gufastore sghignazzante,
 - skrattuggla,
 - Latterugle,
 - sovka smejivá,
 - sovka bělolící,
 - Latterugle,
 - kirkupöllö,
 - nínox rialler,
 - sowica białolica,
 - Смеющаяся сова,
 - ワライフクロウ,
 - 笑鸮,
 - skrattuggla,
 - 笑鴞 1980滅絕?,
 
Habitat
Forest : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
 Threatened
 Least
concern
 concern
Extinc
in the Wild
 in the Wild
Near
threatened
 threatened
Not
evaluated
 evaluated
						EX
						EW
						CR
						EN
						VU
						NT
						LC
						NE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sources of information
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
 - New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
 - The Owl Pages, Deane P.Lewis
 - Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
 - IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
 
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
 - Aegotheliformes
 - Anseriformes
 - Apodiformes
 - Apterygiformes
 - Bucerotiformes
 - Caprimulgiformes
 - Cariamiformes
 - Casuariiformes
 - Charadriiformes
 - Ciconiiformes
 - Coliiformes
 - Columbiformes
 - Coraciiformes
 - Cuculiformes
 - Eurypygiformes
 - Falconiformes
 - Galliformes
 - Gaviiformes
 - Gruiformes
 - Leptosomiformes
 - Mesitornithiformes
 - Musophagiformes
 - Nyctibiiformes
 - Opisthocomiformes
 - Otidiformes
 - Passeriformes
 - Pelecaniformes
 - Phaethontiformes
 - Phoenicopteriformes
 - Piciformes
 - Podargiformes
 - Podicipediformes
 - Procellariiformes
 - Psittaciformes
 - Pterocliformes
 - Rheiformes
 - Sphenisciformes
 - Steatornithiformes
 - Strigiformes
 - Struthioniformes
 - Suliformes
 - Tinamiformes
 - Trogoniformes
 
 
 
 
 
				