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Historical bird plate: Rufous Owl

Mathews · 1910-1927

Rufous Owl

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Plate 266: Rhabdoglaux Bonaparte & Rhabdoglaux queen

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01Rufous Owl
Now treated at subspecies rank

The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.

Name recorded with the plateRhabdoglaux rufa queenslandica&
Name used todayNinox rufa queenslandicaRufous Owl

What connects the names

The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.

Medium confidence: The identification is supported, but part of the connection depends on interpretation of a broader historical concept, locality or other contextual evidence.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

Publication
The Birds of Australia, Volume 5
Plate
36
Creator
Gregory M. Mathews; plates by J. G. Keulemans, Henrik Grönvold, H. Goodchild, G. E. Lodge and Roland Green
Holding institution
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Taxonomic authority
AviList 2025
Rights
Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.