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Sooty Owl - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

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 South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bondo	Known	None
Bungonia	Known	None
Capertee Uplands	Known	None
Kanangra	Known	None
Kybeyan-Gourock	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Sooty Owl - South Eastern Highlands 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
  - 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3480 Capertee-Wolgan Escarpment Dry Forest
  - 3491 Jenolan-Tuglow Limestone Forest
  - 3494 Western Blue Mountains Gorges Box Forest
  - 3495 Western Blue Mountains Monkey Gum Gully Forest
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- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 565 Silvertop Stringybark - Mountain Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
  - 559 Youman's Stringybark - Mountain Gum open forest of the western New England Tableland Bioregion
- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
  - 983 New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
  - 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3510 Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest

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

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4138 Araluen Valley Flats Red Gum Forest
  - 4019 Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
  - 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
  - 4155 Kedumba Valley Alluvial Flats Forest
  - 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  - 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - 4057 Sydney Creekflat Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3320 Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland
  - 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3331 Southeast Gorge Dry Forest
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3800 Bouddi Headland Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Caves, rock fissures etc
  - 99991 Caves, rock fissures etc
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
  - 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc

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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