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| Photographed in Darwin Botanic Gardens, Darwin May 2016 |
773 RUFOUS OWL Ninox rufa
Australia (617)
Found mostly in lowland (but also some highland) rainforest; patches of monsoon forest; vine scrub, gallery forest along creeks, swamp-woodland, mangroves, eucalyptus woodlands adjacent to above habitats. 45-55 cm, male larger. Range: broken distribution in suitable habitat from Prince Regent River in nw. Kimberley (WA) to Top End (NT); and from Cape York Pen. (Q), s to near Byfield inane to Atherton Tableland-upper Burdekin R. and Blackdown Tableland NP, sw of Dingo. Dark race , queenslandica, occurs in ne Q, s of Cooktown. Rare, Sedentary.
