Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

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

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

 

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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

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)