Australian Masked Owl

Tyto novaehollandiae - 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

play
pause

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

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

IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest