Ninox ochracea
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The ochre-bellied boobook or ochre-bellied hawk owl (Ninox ochracea) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It has unusually low barb density among owls. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 350 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in November to January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (350 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
