Subspecies Ninox (Ninox) boobook lurida De Vis, 1887
- Ninox boobook lurida De Vis, C.W. 1887. On new or rare vertebrates from the Herbert River, N Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 1129-1137 [publication dated as 1886] [1135] [as Ninox boobook var. lurida; based on two males, identified by Ingram, G.J. 1987. Avian type specimems in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 239–254; for validation of description, see Mees, G.F. 1964. A revision of the Australian owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 65: 1–62 (26)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM 0.14841 ♂ adult, Maunga Creek, Cardwell and Herbert Gorge, north QLD (as dark thick scrubs, a few miles from Cardwell); QM 0.14842 ♂ adult, Maunga Creek, Cardwell and Herbert Gorge, north QLD (as dark thick scrubs, a few miles from Cardwell).Type locality references:
Ingram, G.J. 1987. Avian type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 239-254. - Spiloglaux boweri Mathews, G.M. 1913. New species and subspecies of Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 2: 73-79 [published Dec.] [74] [holotype figured on pl. 262 and described in detail on pp. 312–313 in Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 5 pt 3 pp. 249–352 pls 255–266 [23 May 1916 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.]].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 630561 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Peterson's Pocket, Cairns, QLD
Comment: for identification of holotype, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [54-58]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ninox (Ninox) novaeseelandiae lurida [a misidentification].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Coastal north-eastern QLD and adjacent ranges and tablelands, north to Mt Finnegan, south to the Seaview Range, and west inland to summit ridges of Great Dividing Range, including Windsor, Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, nomadic, predator, sedentary, tall forest, territorial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore, primarily in montane rainforest at c. 500–1000 m altitude, roosts arboreally by day usually among dense branches, hunts by night in perch-and-pounce sallies, nests on beds of decayed wood presumably prepared by male in hollows, presumably female alone broods, occasionally disperses to lowlands in winter.
General References
Mees, G.F. 1964. A revision of the Australian owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 65: 1-62 (distribution; habitat; taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 17-Mar-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |