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Threatened species

Sooty Owl - Nandewar: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Tyto tenebricosa
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 13 Mar 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Sooty Owl is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Nandewar Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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Peel Known East of the New England Highway

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Sooty Owl - Nandewar 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 (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3556 Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
    • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3572 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Outcrop Shrub Woodland
      • 3571 Mount Warning Caldera Scribbly Gum Woodland
    • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
      • 3679 Northeast New England Ranges Blackbutt Dry Forest
      • 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
    • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
    • South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
      • 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
      • 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
      • 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
      • 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
      • 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
      • 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
      • 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
      • 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3108 South Coast Scarp Wet Vine Forest
      • 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
      • 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
      • 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
      • 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
      • 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
      • 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
      • 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
      • 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
      • 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
      • 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
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    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
      • 3582 Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
      • 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
      • 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
      • 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
      • 3594 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
      • 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
      • 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
      • 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3605 Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
      • 3611 Nattai Plateau Bloodwood-Peppermint Forest
      • 3612 Nattai Plateau Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
      • 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
      • 3616 Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
      • 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
      • 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
      • 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 4122 Cockle Creek Sandflat Scribbly Gum Forest
  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 1540 Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 1539 Grey Myrtle sheltered gully dry rainforest in gullies of the Sydney Basin
      • 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 1543 Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
      • 3106 South Coast Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 4112 Southeast Dry Rainforest
      • 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 4107 Mid North Escarpment Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
      • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
      • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
      • 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
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    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
      • 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 4105 Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
      • 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
      • 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
      • 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
      • 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
      • 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
      • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
      • 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
      • 3260 Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest
      • 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
      • 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist 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
      • 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
      • 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
      • 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
      • 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
      • 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3125 Illawarra Seacliff Banksia-Bangalay Forest
      • 4115 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
      • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
      • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
      • 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
      • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
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    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
      • 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
      • 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
      • 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
      • 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
      • 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
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