Mine's a little more more recent, so I got that wrong.
Peter Shute
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On 15/08/2013, at 4:48 PM, "Greg and Val Clancy" <> wrote:
> My 1946 edition of 'What Bird is That? shows the 'Cave Owl' as a sub-species
> of the Masked Owl with the trinomial Tyto novae-hollandiae troughtoni. "The
> type, adult female, collected at Ooldea, East-West Line, South Australia by
> Messrs Troughton and Wright on 16 October 1921".
>
> Regards
>
> Greg
>
> Dr Greg. P. Clancy
> Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide
> | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shute
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:09 PM
> To: Matthew Roach
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 'Cave Dwelling' Masked Owl
>
> I think it's listed as a separate species in "What Bird Is That?", with its
> own picture, but I haven't got it here to check.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 15/08/2013, at 3:53 PM, "Matthew Roach" <>
> wrote:
>
>> I think that it was seen as a separate 'form' in the early 20th century.
>> But it's genetic distinction is very doubtful. Yet, some non-scientific
>> websites (e.g. Wikipedia) describe it as an accepted subspecies (which it
>> isn't), which I've seen on both the Masked Owl and the Nullabor Plain
>> page; the latter says 'An elusive subspecies of the Australian masked owl
>> unique to the Nullarbor is known to roost in the many caves on the plain.'
>> With no reference of course! It's interesting how this rumour still seems
>> to persist at least in some places.
>>
>> Matthew.
>
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