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Threatened species

Powerful Owl - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ninox strenua
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerableexternal link
Commonwealth status: Not listedexternal link
Last updated: 13 Mar 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Powerful Owl is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrington Known None
Carrai Plateau Known None
Cataract Known None
Chaelundi Known None
Coffs Coast and Escarpment Known None
Comboyne Plateau Known None
Dalmorton Known None
Ellerston Known None
Guy Fawkes Known None
Karuah Manning Known None
Macleay Gorges Known None
Macleay Hastings Known None
Mummel Escarpment Known None
Rocky River Gorge Known None
Tomalla Known None
Upper Hunter Known None
Upper Manning Known None
Washpool Known None
Yuraygir Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Powerful Owl - NSW North Coast is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
    • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3472 Bungonia Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
      • 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
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    • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3417 Baryulgil Serpentinite Woodland
      • 3418 Clarence Foothills Bloodwood-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
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    • Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3448 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
    • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3431 Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
      • 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
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    • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 568 Broad-leaved Stringybark shrub/grass open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
      • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
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    • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3455 Clarence Gorges Granite Grassy Forest
      • 3456 Clarence Gorges Grey Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
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    • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
      • 856 Grey Box - Rough-barked Apple shrub/grass open forest of northern parts of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3513 Kaputar White Box-Apple Sheltered Forest
      • 3514 Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
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    • Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
      • 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
      • 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
    • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 305 Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark shrubby hill open forest in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjacent South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 298 Apple Box - Nortons Box - Blakely's Red Gum valley flat moist grassy tall open forest in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjoining South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 314 Apple Box - Red Stringybark basalt scree open forest in the upper Murray River region
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  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
      • 3545 Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
      • 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
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    • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3557 Banyabba Creekflat Orange Gum-Paperbark Forest
      • 3558 Banyabba Rockplate Shrub Woodland
      • 3559 Chambigne Mahogany-Brown Bloodwood Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3673 Chaelundi-Mann River Granite Scrub Woodland
      • 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3697 Bingara Tumbledown Gum Spinifex Woodland
      • 512 Caleys Ironbark - Orange Gum - Black Cypress Pine shrubby open forest on acid volcanics of the northern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3713 Macintyre Hills Ironbark Shrub Forest
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    • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
      • 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
      • 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
      • 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
    • South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
      • 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
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    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
      • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
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    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 652 Apple Box - Eurabbie grassy open forest on sheltered slopes and gullies in the Burrinjuck area, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 344 Argyle Apple - Acacia mearnsii valley open forest of the Yass - Rye Park region of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and adjoining NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
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    • Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
      • 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
      • 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3600 Burragorang Escarpment Heath
      • 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3686 Mount Airly Sandstone Forest
      • 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
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    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 4122 Cockle Creek Sandflat Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3750 Binnaway Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Shrubby Woodland
      • 713 Blue-leaved Ironbark heathy woodland of the southern part of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 325 Blue-leaved Stringybark open forest of the Mudgee region NSW central western slopes
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  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4015 Central Hunter Riparian Forest
      • 4016 Clarence Floodplain Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4019 Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3983 Central Coast Flats Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4061 Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub
      • 4062 Capertee Riparian Paperbark Thicket
      • 4063 Central and Southern Tableland River Oak Forest
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    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
      • 5 River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
      • 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
      • 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
      • 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
      • 3391 Munghorn Seepage Wet Herbfield
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3946 Newnes Plateau Swamp Woodland
      • 3951 Southern Tableland Ranges Boggy Open Woodland
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3312 Acacia Creek Grassy Forest
      • 3313 Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest
      • 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
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    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
      • 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
      • 704 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 731 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark grassy open forest on undulating hills, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
      • 3380 Jounama Snow Gum Shrub Woodland
      • 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
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    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
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    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3386 Capertee Marl Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3485 Central Hunter Slaty Gum Grassy Forest
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  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 4106 Illawarra Escarpment Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 3049 Kosciuszko Cool Temperate Rainforest
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    • Dry Rainforests
      • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
      • 3055 Carnham Dry Rainforest
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
      • 3123 Far North Sands Coastal Cypress Littoral Rainforest
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 2101 Black Wattle - Hill Kanuka - Coachwood - Mountain Banksia - Soft Corkwood low closed forest on shallow soils of the Dorrigo Escarpment, NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • 3024 Blue Mountains Gorge Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
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    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
      • 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
      • 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
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    • Western Vine Thickets
      • 3119 Upper Hunter White Box Vine Thicket
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
      • 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
      • 3309 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Moist Shrub Forest
      • 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3231 Cordeaux Crinanite Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
      • 3210 Blue Mountains Cool Wet Eucalypt Forest
      • 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
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