Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)
About the Australian Masked Owl
The Australian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae), also the Australasian masked owl or simply the masked owl, especially in Australia, is a barn owl of Southern New Guinea and the non-desert areas of Australia. Described subspecies of Tyto novaehollandiae include: T. n. calabyi I.J. Mason, 1983, (southern New Guinea) T. n. castanops (Gould, 1837), Tasmanian masked owl (Tasmania and introduced to Lord Howe Island) T. n. galei Mathews, 1914, (Cape York Peninsula) T. n. kimberli (Mathews, 1912), Northern masked owl (northern mainland Australia) T. n. melvillensis Mathews, 1912, (Tiwi Islands) T. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826), (southern mainland Australia) T. n. troughtoni N.W. Cayley, 1931, cave-nesting masked owl (Nullarbor Plain, validity doubtful).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 39 recordings for this species: 21 CC BY-NC-ND · 18 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Australia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American Barn OwlTyto furcatarecording
- Western Barn OwlTyto albarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.