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 1 year ago 35 sec 3.3 -
A captive male resting during the day. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 1 year 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 1 year ago 4.4 -
Elusive and scarce Owl found throughout the rainforests and heavily timbered forests of Eastern Australia
Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult at roost hole
Locality Tari, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp arfaki)
Nik Borrow 5 July 2008 2 years ago 4.1 -
Probable Juvenile calling
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp tenebricosa)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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