"Painting of Australian masked-owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae) DISTRIBUTION Two or three subspecies peripheral in continental north, northeast and south Australia; one subspecies in Tasmania; one subspecies on islands off northern Australia; and one subspecies in southern New Guinea. HABITAT Tall, grassy forest and woodland, often near open country, extending into treeless areas where there are caves.FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Preys mostly on terrestrial mammals, especially rodents, which it detects by watching and listening from perches."