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Barden, P., Jackett, N., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Northern Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 344-347. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Barrett, G.; Silcocks, A.; Barry, S.; Cunningham, R.; Poulter, R. 2003. The new atlas of Australian birds. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Victoria, Australia.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Bruce, M.D., Marks, J.S. 2020. Australian Masked-Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.aumowl1.01.

Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, Melbourne.

Cisterne, A., Todd, M.K., Bell, P., Mooney, N., Stojanovic, D., Baker, G.B., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Tasmanian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae castanops. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 338-341. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Coates, B. J. 1985. The birds of Papua New Guinea, 1: non-passerines. Dove, Alderley, Australia.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. 1999. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Higgins, P. J. 1999. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds: parrots to dollarbirds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).

Jackett, N.A., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Cape York Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae galei. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 341-344. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Jonsson, K.A., Poulsen, M.K., Haryoko, T., Reeve, A.H. and Fabre, P.H. 2013. A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3635(1): 51–61.

Jønsson, K. A.; Poulsen, M. K.; Haryoko, T.; Reeve, A. H.; Fabre, P.-H. 2013. A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3635: 51-61.

McAllan, I.A.W., Curtis, B.R., Hutton, I., Cooper, R.M. 2004. The birds of the Lord Howe Island Group: a review of records. Australian Field Ornithology 21: 1-82.

Morcombe, M. 2000. Field Guide to Australian Birds. Steve Parish Publishing, Oxley, Queensland.

Ryan, S., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Smith, J., Murphy, B.P., Davies, H.F., Tiwi Land Council Rangers, Garnett, S.T. 2021. Tiwi Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensi. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 347-349. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1993. A supplement to 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Uva, V., M. Päckert, A. Cibois, L. Fumagalli, and A. Roulin. 2018. Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of barn owls and relatives (Family: Tytonidae), and their six major Pleistocene radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 127-137.

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BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Australasian Masked-owl Tyto novaehollandiae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/australasian-masked-owl-tyto-novaehollandiae on 06/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 06/01/2025.