Noctua variegata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1830)[3] Ninox solomonis (Sharpe, 1876)[4] The New Ireland boobook or New Ireland hawk owl (Ninox variegata) also known as the Bismarck boobook, Bismarck hawk owl or barred boobook, is a small to medium-sized owl measuring 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 11.8 in) in length.

[5] It is short-tailed and has heavy tarsi (the part of the leg above what is commonly referred to as the foot).

[6] Endemic to the Bismarck archipelago, it occurs on the islands of New Britain, New Ireland and New Hanover,[3] where it lives in forested lowlands, hills and mountains, up to an altitude of 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

[4] It was first described as Noctua variegata by French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830.

[3] Although its population size has not been quantified, it is widespread and fairly common in forest and forest edges within its range, and its numbers are thought to be stable.