Greater sooty owl

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Greater sooty owl
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. tenebricosa
Binomial name
Tyto tenebricosa
(Gould, 1845)
Subspecies

T. tenebricosa arfaki
T. tenebricosa tenebricosa

The distribution of the greater sooty owl
Synonyms

Strix tenebricosa Gould, 1845.

The greater sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa) is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. The lesser sooty owl (T. multipunctata), is sometimes considered to be conspecific with this species, in which case they are then together referred to as sooty owls.[3] It is substantially smaller and occurs in the wet tropics region of North Queensland, Australia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tyto tenebricosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688429A93197365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688429A93197365.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. (2008) 'Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds.' (CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood)