The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*bukaw owl sp., bird of bad omen

PWMP bukaw owl sp., bird of bad omen

WMP
Isneg bukkáw kind of large hawk or buzzard. If you see this bird for the first time after having started work in a field, stop all the work for the rest of the day
Itawis hukáw hawk sp.
Ibaloy bokaw hawk
Hanunóo búkaw owl
Aklanon búkaw owl
Hiligaynon búkaw owl
Cebuano búkaw kind of owl: Ninox philippensis
Maranao bokaw small red night bird that sounds warning for sorrowful events
Bare'e wuko a small owl whose nocturnal call signals a death; by daylight its call is also adverse, and one who hears it must bite the blade of a bush knife