Sooty Owl - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Armidale Plateau	Known	Within 5 km Styx River State Forest
Northeast Forest Lands	Known	None
Stanthorpe Plateau	Known	None
Walcha Plateau	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• 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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