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Ninox is a genus of true owls or typical owls comprising 36 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk-owls or boobooks, but the northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) is not a member of this genus.

Strigiformes: All Owls are classified as members of this order. The name is formed from "Strig", the plural form of the Latin word "strix", meaning "owl" and "formes", meaning "forms".
Strigidae: The family for all Owls except Barn Owls, derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
Ninox: 
- In Greek mythology, the Latin word, Nisus, is the king of Megara who turned into a hawk. 
- The Latin word, noctua, refers to owl. 
- Ninox: derived by Hodgson in 1837 to describe the hawk-like appearance of Ninox nipalensis; junior synonym for Ninox scutulata lugubris.

1/ Brown boobook (Cú vọ lưng nâu, Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl

The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae).

Strigiformes: All Owls are classified as members of this order. 
The name is formed from "Strig", the plural form of the Latin word "strix", meaning "owl", and "formes", meaning "forms".

Strigidae: The family for all Owls except Barn Owls, derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek)

Tytonidae: All barn owls are members of this family. The name is derived from the Greek word "tuto", which means "owl".