Barn-owls (Tytonidae)
Greater Sooty-owl (Tyto tenebricosa) - HBW 5, p. 67
French: Effraie ombrée
German: Rußeule
Spanish: Lechuza Tenebrosa
Other common names: Sooty(!)/Black Owl, Dusky Barn-owl
Taxonomy: Strix tenebricosus Gould, 1845, River Clarence, New South Wales.
Forms superspecies with T. multipunctata, and until 1981 treated as conspecific, but differs in size, plumage and voice; these two have occasionally been separated in genus Megastrix. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- arfaki (Schlegel, 1879) - New Guinea and Yapen I.
- tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) - SE Australia from Eungella National Park (EC Queensland) to Dandenong and Strzelecki Ranges (Victoria).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A captive female resting during the day. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A captive male resting during the day. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.2
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This Sooty Owl photographed in the dead of night in the rainforest at Mt Glorious near Brisbane, Queensland
Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 2 years ago 4.5 -
Elusive and scarce Owl found throughout the rainforests and heavily timbered forests of Eastern Australia
Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
David Taylor 2 years ago 4.5 -
An unusually accommodating adult perched in rainforest near Kookaburra Camp
Locality Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Tony Palliser 5 May 2010 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult at roost hole
Locality Tari, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp arfaki)
Nik Borrow 5 July 2008 3 years ago 4.2 -
On a day roost.
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp arfaki)
Ken Havard 12 April 2007 35 weeks ago 3.4 -
Probable Juvenile calling Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 2011 1 year ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
