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Tyto novaehollandiae castanops (Tasmanian Masked Owl)

Synonyms: Strix castanops; Tyto castanops

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tasmanian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops) is a bird in the barn owl family Tytonidae that is endemic to the island state of Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest subspecies of the Australian masked owl, the largest Tyto owl in the world, and is sometimes considered a full species. The subspecific name castanops, meaning “chestnut-faced”, comes from the colouring of the facial disc. It was first described by John Gould (as Strix castanops), who wrote about it in his “Handbook to the Birds of Australia” as
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Attributes

Female Weight [1]  1.854 lbs (841 g)

Prey / Diet

Pseudomys higginsi (Long-tailed mouse)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Higgins, PJ (Ed) (1999) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Volume 4: Parrots to dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
2Pseudomys higginsi, Michael M. Driessen and Robert K. Rose, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 623, pp. 1-5 (1999)
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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