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Subspecies Ninox (Ninox) boobook boobook Latham, 1801

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal to near inland E Australia, north to headwaters of Burdekin and Lynd Rivers and adjacent coast, QLD—west to outer west foot-slopes of Great Dividing Range, QLD (Hughenden-Barcaldine-Charleville) through E Murray-Darling basin, NSW, VIC (Brewarrina, Condobolin, Narrandera, Mildura) to Murray Mallee, Mt Lofty-Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula, SA—and south to southern VIC, also occasionally Kangaroo Is., SA, on winter dispersal. Introduced unsuccessfully on Lord Howe Is. between 1918–1930. Intergrades with N. b. ocellata (Bonaparte, 1850) from between the Burdekin and upper Mitchell, Gilbert, Flinders and Thomson Rivers, QLD south-west along eastern fringes of the Lake Eyre and Bulloo River basins through W Murray-Darling basin to the Flinders Range and head of Spencer Gulf, SA.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Clancy, G.P. 1977. Boobook Owls in the Sydney District. Australian Birds 12: 12-13 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]] (movements, behaviour)

Fleay, D. 1926. Habits of the Boobook Owl. The Emu 26: 97-104 [Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] (behaviour, voice, breeding)

Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. The Emu 34: 275-292 (diet)

Norman, J.A., Christidis, L., Westerman, M. & Hill, F.A.R. 1998a. Molecular data confirms the species status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis. The Emu 98: 197-208 (as N. novaeseelandiae boobook)

Norman, J.A., Olsen, P.D. & Christidis, L. 1998b. Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata. Biological Conservation 86: 33-36 (as N. novaeseelandiae boobook)

van Aperen, W. 1969. Notes on breeding Boobook Owls Ninox novaeseelandiae at Melbourne Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 130 (nidification)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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AVES 13-Mar-2020 ADDED