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Genus Tyto Billberg, 1828

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Genus Tyto Billberg, 1828

  • Tyto Billberg, G.J. 1828. Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae. Tom. I, Pars 2. Aves. Holmiae 208 pp. [For publication date Richmond, C.W. 1900. Some necessary changes in nomenclature. Auk ns 17: 178–179 Lysaght, A. 1957. The first specimens of Dacelo novaeguineae and D. leachii in European collections. Emu 57: 209–210 Mathews, G.M. 1926. An important date. Emu 26: 148].
  • Strix Savigny, 1809.
    Type species:
     Strix flammea Savigny, 1809 by monotypy (et auctt., =Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)).
  • Aluco Fleming, 1822.
    Type species:
     Aluco flammea Fleming, 1822 by monotypy (=Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)).
  • Ulula Nitzsch, 1829.
  • Hybris Nitzsch, 1833.
    Type species:
     Hybris flammea Nitzsch, 1833 by monotypy (=Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769), method of fixation uncertain).
  • Flammea Fournel, 1836.
    Type species:
     Flammea vulgaris Fournel, 1836 by monotypy (=Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)).
  • Eustrinx Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1841.
  • Stridula Selys-Longchamps, 1842.
    Type species:
     Stridula flammea Selys-Longchamps, 1842 by monotypy (=Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)).
  • Glyphidiura Reichenbach, 1850.
    Type species:
     Strix perlata Lichtenstein, 1823 by subsequent designation (=Tyto alba tuidara (J.E. Gray, 1829)).
  • Glaux Blyth, 1851.
    Type species:
     Strix candida Tickell, 1833 by monotypy (=Tyto capensis longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)).
  • Scelostrix Kaup, 1852.
    Type species:
     Strix candida Tickell, 1833 by monotypy (=Tyto capensis longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)).
  • Strigymnhemipus des Murs, 1852.
    Type species:
     Strix perlata Lichtenstein, 1823 by subsequent designation (=Tyto alba tuidara (J.E. Gray, 1829)).
  • Glaucostrix G.R. Gray, 1855.
  • Megastrix Kaup, J.J. 1848. Uebersicht der Eulen (Strigidae). Isis Oken 10: col. 753-772 [For publication date 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. Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp.] [col. 770] [as subgenus of Strix Savigny, 1809 et auctt.; published without description but based by reference on Strix tenebricosa Gould, 1845 and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5)].
    Type species:
     Strix tenebricosa Gould, 1845 by monotypy.
  • Dactylostrix Kaup, J.J. 1852. Monograph of the Owls—Strigidae, Pt 2. pp. 103-122 in Jardine, W. (ed.). Contributions to Ornithology for 1852. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars 162 pp. [publication dated as 1853 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.] [119] [as subgenus; based on Strix castanops Gould, 1837 and Strix personata Vigors, 1831 together; author's initials misspelt 'T.T.' in protologue].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

TYTONIDAE: Tyto alba Scopoli, 1769 [Restricted to Europe and Africa, see Introduction for further details] — Uva, V., Päckert, M., Cibois, A., Fumagallia, L. & Roulin, A. 2018. Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of barn owls and relatives (Family: Tytonidae), and their six major Pleistocene radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 127-137

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Temperate and tropical regions of Europe, southern Asia, Africa, North and South America and most continental archipelagos including Madagascar, West Indies, East Indies, Papuasia and south-west Pacific.

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Tas. Coast
    • Lord Howe Island
    • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Norfolk Island
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal, NE oceanic
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Bass Strait, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
  • New Zealand

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)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 11-Nov-2020 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)