Greater Sooty Owl

Tyto tenebricosa - Effraie ombrée

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Tytonidés
Genus
:
Tyto
Species
:
tenebricosa

Descriptor

Gould, 1845

Biometrics

Size
: 37 à 51 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 500 à 1000 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) is a species of bird in the Tytonidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa (ec and se Australia)
Tyto tenebricosa arfaki (New Guinea, Yapen I.)

Foreign names

Effraie ombrée,
Lechuza tenebrosa,
coruja-sombria,
Rußeule,
kormos gyöngybagoly,
Zwarte Kerkuil,
Barbagianni fuligginoso maggiore,
större sottornuggla,
Sotslørugle,
plamienka sadzová,
sova temná,
Sodfarvet Slørugle,
nokipöllö,
òliba tenebrosa,
płomykówka przydymiona,
Чёрная сипуха,
Serak hitam,
ススイロメンフクロウ,
乌草鸮,
烏鴞,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

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

Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest