Australian Masked Owl

Tyto novaehollandiae - Effraie masquée

Effraie masquée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Tytonidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tyto

  • Species
    :

    novaehollandiae

Descriptor

Stephens, 1826

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 33 à 57 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 660 à 800 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) is a species of bird in the Tytonidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (sw Western Australia to Victoria and ne Queensland)
  • Tyto novaehollandiae calabyi (s New Guinea)
  • Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli (nw Australia)
  • Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (Melville and Bathurst Is.. Northern Territory, Australia.)
  • Tyto novaehollandiae galei (Cape York Pen.. ne Australia.)
  • Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Tasmania, Maria and Maatsuyker Is.)

Foreign names

  • Effraie masquée,
  • Lechuza australiana,
  • coruja-mascarada-australiana,
  • Neuhollandeule,
  • ausztrál gyöngybagoly,
  • Australische Kerkuil,
  • Barbagianni australiano,
  • masktornuggla,
  • Storslørugle,
  • plamienka škrabošková,
  • sova australská,
  • Stor Slørugle,
  • naamiotornipöllö,
  • òliba australiana,
  • płomykówka duża,
  • Австралийская сипуха,
  • Serak australia,
  • オオメンフクロウ,
  • 大草鸮,
  • 大草鴞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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