Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Herbert has or used to have 26 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Masked Owl.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Masked Owl
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli is found across 7 electorates.
The Masked Owl is a large owl with prominent heart-shaped facial disc, with plumage highly patterned by speckling, and generally darker on the back and paler below.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- Bluegrass (Dichanthium setosum)
- Mt Stuart Ironbark (Eucalyptus paedoglauca)
- Marsdenia brevifolia (Marsdenia brevifolia)
- Ant Plant (Myrmecodia beccarii)
- Omphalea celata (Omphalea celata)
- Phaius pictus (Phaius pictus)
- Tephrosia leveillei (Tephrosia leveillei)
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