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Threatened species

Sooty Owl - Sydney Basin: 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 Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burragorang Known None
Cumberland Known None
Ettrema Known None
Hunter Known None
Illawarra Known None
Jervis Known None
Moss Vale Known None
Pittwater Known None
Sydney Cataract Known None
Wollemi Known None
Wyong Known None
Yengo Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Sooty Owl - Sydney Basin 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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