Tasmanian boobook

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Tasmanian boobook
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species:
N. leucopsis
Binomial name
Ninox leucopsis
(Gould, 1838)

The Tasmanian boobook (Ninox leucopsis), also known as the Tasmanian spotted owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Tasmania.

Formerly considered conspecific with the morepork (N. novaeseelandiae), phylogenetic studies have affirmed its status as a distinct species by analyzing genetic and morphologic characteristics. [2] [3] It was reclassified as distinct by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022. [4]

It is widespread in Tasmania and on King Island and other islands of Bass Strait. [5] It has been recorded in southern Victoria, once from New South Wales, [6] and once from Lord Howe Island. [7] It predominantly occurs in eucalypt forests. [8]

It is carnivorous, and a nest pred ator. [9]

The Tasmanian boobook is sexually dimorphic, with males typically being smaller than females. [10]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tasmanian boobook Ninox leucopsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T62023823A95185989. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. Gwee, Chyi Yin; Christidis, Les; Eaton, James A.; Norman, Janette A.; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Rheindt, Frank E. (2017). "Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 246–258. Bibcode:2017MolPE.109..246G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.024. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   28017857.
  3. Michael Wink; Petra Heidrich; Hedi Sauer-Gürth; Abdel-Aziz Elsayed & Javier Gonzalez (2008). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of owls (Strigiformes)". In König, Claus & Weick, Friedhelm (eds.). Owls of the World (2nd ed.). A&C Black. pp. 42–63. ISBN   9781408108840.
  4. "Owls – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  5. Higgins 1999, p. 855.
  6. Higgins 1999, p. 872.
  7. Tsang, Leah; Carlile, Nicholas; O'Dwyer, Terry; Eldridge, Mark; Frankham, Greta; Bower, Hank (2022). "A recent specimen of a Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis recovered on Lord Howe Island". Australian Field Ornithology. 39: 143–157. doi: 10.20938/afo39143157 .
  8. Higgins 1999, p. 854.
  9. Barwood, Donna; Smith, Sandra; Miller, Margaret; Boston, Julie; Masek, Martin; Devine, Amanda (April 2020). "Transformational Game Trial in Nutrition Education". Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 45 (4): 18–29. doi: 10.14221/ajte.2020v45n4.2 . ISSN   1835-517X.
  10. Tsang et al. 2022.

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