Subspecies Tyto novaehollandiae galei (Mathews, 1914)
- Tyto galei Mathews, G.M. 1914. Additions to "A List of the Birds of Australia". South Australian Ornithologist 1(2): 12-13 [12].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 629449 ♂ (G.M. Mathew's coll. no. unspecified), Pascoe River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD
Comment: for identification of holotype, see Mees, G.F. 1964. A revision of the Australian owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 65: 1–62 (44); 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.
Generic Combinations
- Tyto novaehollandiae galei (Mathews, 1914).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York Peninsula, probably south to lower Mitchell-Gilbert Rivers on west coast and to region of Endeavour River on east.
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, territorial, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Randomly dispersed, opportunistic breeder, sexually dimorphic, general carnivore, presumably occurring in eucalypt forests and denser woodlands, but general biology still to be clarified.
General References
Mason, I.J. 1983. A new subspecies of Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens) from southern New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 103: 123-128 [publication date Mathews, G.M. 1920. Dates of ornithological works. Austral Avian Records 4: 1–27 (cf. Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. [288]; 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)] (taxonomic status)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |