Species Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) rufa (Gould, 1846)

CAVS: 0247

Rufous Owl

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cf. <0055> [128])

Eck, S. & Busse, H. 1973. Eulen Die rezenten und fossilen Formen Aves, Strigidae. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei). 196 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Mees, G.F. 1964. A revision of the Australian owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 65: 1-62 (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

Mees, G.F. 1964. A revision of the Australian owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 65: 1-62 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 4 xii 291 pp. (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1981. Nocturnal Birds of Australia. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 136 pp. 22 pls. [publication dated as 1980] [44-47] (subspecific arrangement)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

 

History of changes

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Subspecies Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) rufa meesi Mason & Schodde, 1980

CAVS: 8941

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal Cape York Peninsula, probably south to the lower Archer and possibly Mitchell Rivers on west coast and to about Endeavour River on east. Probably intergrades with N. r. queenslandica Mathews, 1911 at Endeavour River and immediately south on east coast of Cape York Peninsula.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, carnivorous, nocturnal, open forest, predator, sedentary, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore, permanently paired in rainforest and gallery vine forest, roosts arboreally by day in forest canopy, hunts by night in perch-and-pounce sallies through more open forest, nests on beds of decayed wood in high tree hollows, female alone broods.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)

Subspecies Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) rufa queenslandica Mathews, 1911

CAVS: 8942

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal NE QLD, north to about Endeavour River, south to Sarina and Connors Range, and inland to Atherton Tableland (Mareeba), upper Burdekin River catchment and Clarke Range, 0–1000 m altitude, without gaps through lower Burdekin River drainage—record from Rockhampton unconfirmed. Probably intergrades with N. r. meesi Mason & Schodde, 1980 northwards around Endeavour River.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, predator, sedentary, tall forest, territorial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore, permanently paired in rainforest and gallery vine forest, roosts arboreally by day in forest canopy, hunts by night in perch-and-pounce sallies through more open eucalypt and Melaleuca forest, nests on beds of decayed wood in high tree hollows, female alone broods.

 

General References

Barnard, H.G. 1926. Birds of the Cardwell District, Queensland, Pt 1. The Emu 26: 1-13 (behaviour, nidification)

Fleay, D. 1968. Nightwatchmen of Bush and Plain. Australian owls and owl-like birds. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 163 pp. (behaviour, nidification)

 

History of changes

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12-Feb-2010 (import)

Subspecies Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) rufa rufa (Gould, 1846)

CAVS: 8943

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal Kimberley Division and Arnhem Land, west to Prince Regent River and Mitchell Plateau, WA, and east to upper South Alligator River and Blue Mud Bay, NT, but absent from around Joseph Bonaparte Gulf—also Melville-Bathurst Ils.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, predator, sedentary, tall forest, territorial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore, permanently paired in rainforest and gallery vine forest, roosts arboreally by day in forest canopy, hunts by night in perch-and-pounce sallies through more open eucalypt and Melaleuca forest, nests on beds of decayed wood in high tree hollows, female alone broods.

 

General References

Estbergs, J.A. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1985. The diet of the Rufous Owl Ninox rufa near Cooinda in the Northern Territory. The Emu 85: 202-204 (diet)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)