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  Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata)

Lesser Sooty Owl | Tyto multipunctata photo
Lesser Sooty Owl at Bonadio's Mabi Wildlife Reserve

Image by Richard Fisher - Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

LESSER SOOTY OWL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Tyto multipunctata in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Tytonidae
Genus:Tyto
Species:multipunctata
Common Name:Lesser Sooty Owl

Relatives in same Genus
  Barn Owl (T. alba)
  Grass Owl (T. capensis)
  Masked Owl (T. novaehollandiae)