Sooty Owl

Tyto tenebricosa

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Strigiformes
Family
Tytonidae
Genus
Tyto
eBird Code
sooowl1

Vocalizations

Samuel Frankel · CC_BY_4_0
Andrew Orme · CC_BY_4_0
Peter Crowcroft · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (3)

  • 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)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sooowl1) Avibase

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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