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Tyto novaehollandiae (Australian Masked Owl)

Synonyms: Strix novaehollandiae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Australian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) is a barn owl of Southern New Guinea and the non-desert areas of Australia.
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Infraspecies

Tyto novaehollandiae calabyi (New Guinea masked owl)
Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Tasmanian Masked Owl) (Attributes)
Tyto novaehollandiae galei (Australian masked owl)
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli (Australian masked owl)
Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (Australian masked owl) (Attributes)
Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Australian masked owl) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.1382
EDGE Score: 2.64888
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.373 lbs (623 g)
Birth Weight [2]  23.5 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.559 lbs (707 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.188 lbs (539 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  31.2 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  60 %
Clutch Size [5]  3
Fledging [1]  77 days
Incubation [4]  35 days
Mating Display [2]  Non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [6]  87

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Southwest Australia Australia No

Prey / Diet

Cercartetus lepidus (Tasmanian Pygmy Possum)[7]
Cercartetus nanus (Eastern Pygmy Possum)[8]
Dasyurus maculatus (Tiger Quoll)[9]
Dasyurus viverrinus (Eastern Quoll)[10]
Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider)[11]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Kurodaia subpachygaster[12]
Strigiphilus aitkeni[12]
Trichinella pseudospiralis[13]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Kemp, AC. 1989. Estimation of Biological Indices for Little-known African Owls Meyburg, B.-U & R. D. Chancellor eds. 1989 Raptors in the Modern World WWGBP: Berlin, London & Paris
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 7Cercartetus lepidus (Diprotodontia: Burramyidae), JAMIE M. HARRIS, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 842:1–8 (2009)
♦ 8Cercartetus nanus, JAMIE M. HARRIS, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 815:1–10 (2008)
♦ 9Dasyurus maculatus, Menna E. Jones, Robert K. Rose, and Scott Burnett, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 676, pp. 1–9 (2001)
♦ 10Dasyurus viverrinus, Menna E. Jones and Robert K. Rose, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 677, pp. 1–9 (2001)
♦ 11Petaurus gracilis (Diprotodontia: Petauridae), STEPHEN M. JACKSON, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(882):141–148 (2011)
♦ 12Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 13Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0