A comment from Stephen Debus Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– From: Stephen Debus To: Shirley Cook Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [Birding-Aus] ‘Cave Dwelling’ Masked Owl Hi Shirley, I thought this was dealt with in previous exchanges, but there is (was?) a rare cave-dwelling population of the Masked Owl on the Nullarbor Plain that may still be extant. This was based on museum specimens and verified photographs of undoubted Masked Owls, and a sighting in Atlas 1 by Stephen Davies himself (no less). Alleged subspecies troughtoni (Nullarbor ‘Cave Owl’) is now considered invalid, but the taxonomic status of the Masked Owl population in south-west WA needs assessment. The matter has been clouded in the past by cave-dwelling Barn Owls on the Nullarbor also being called ‘Cave Owls’. Cheers, Steve At 02:16 PM 15/08/13, you wrote: Response? —– Original Message —– From: “Matthew Roach” <Matthew.Roach@wesleycollege.net> To: <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:17 PM Subject: [Birding-Aus] ‘Cave Dwelling’ Masked Owl Hi Everyone, Out of pure interest, what was the origin of the very doubtful â?~South Australian Cave Dwellingâ?T Masked Owl form? Was it simply a rumour or are there actually some Masked Owls which are found in caves somewhere in the SA outback, which somehow made some people separate them as a subspecies in the past? Regards, Matthew. ____________________________________________________________________________ Sapere Aude – Dare To Be Wise Wesley College Melbourne is a world class coeducational independent school developing the whole person through timeless principles of learning: – to know – to do – to live with – to be with innovation and wisdom ABN 38 994 068 473ã?? CRICOS00354G ____________________________________________________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please email a reply to Wesley College and destroy the original message. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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