Strigiformes / Tytonidae / Tyto

Sooty Owl

Tyto tenebricosa

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Tyto tenebricosa arfaki

New Guinea including Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
Tyto tenebricosa multipunctata

northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)
Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa

southeastern Australia (Clarke-Connors Range, southeastern Queensland southward to eastern Victoria)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.