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Subspecies Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Gould, 1837)

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Subspecies Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Gould, 1837)

  • Strix castanops Gould, J. 1837. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Dec. 13, 1836. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836: 139-140 [published June 1837, publication dated 1836] [140] [type possibly illustrated as fig. 2 (face) on pl. 51 in Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 73 pls 8 pp. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837-1838]; ANSP 2753 cited as type by Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129–180, but selection rejected by Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246—this specimen is the female illustrated on plate 28 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 cii 13 pp. 36 pls, see data in Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246, and it may well have been obtained after publication of Strix castanops Gould, 1837 in the years between 1837 and mid 1840s, e.g., on Gould's visit to Tasmania in 1939].
    Type data:
     Holotype whereabouts unknown (?lost), TAS (as Terrâ Van Diemen).

 

Generic Combinations

  • Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Gould, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Confined to TAS mainland and Maria Is. Introduced and established on Lord Howe Is.


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

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Lord Howe Island
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal/opportunistic breeder, sexually dimorphic, general carnivore, roosts in hollows and holes by day, hunts through eucalypt forest and woodland at night, nests all seasons on bed of chips and debris in tree hollows or holes, the female brooding.

 

General References

Fleay, D. 1949. The Tasmanian Masked Owl. The Emu 48: 169-176 (plumages, feeding, nidification, sexual dimorphism)

Hill, L.H. 1955. Notes on the habits and breeding of the Tasmanian Masked Owl. The Emu 55: 203-210 (behaviour, breeding, plumages)

Hindwood, K.A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. The Emu 40: 1-86 pl. 1 (introduction)

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

 

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)
20-Aug-2013 MODIFIED