Owl Species Citation List - Select GenusThe following lists of owl description sources were derived in part from www.zoonomen.net (special thanks to Alan P. Peterson, M.D. for his decade of effort on owls and other species!), and prepared
by Alan Sieradzki, David H. Johnson, Paul M. Radley, and Deane P. Lewis for the Global Owl Project. These citations reflect the original descriptions of owl species and subspecies as they were newly reported to science. Following the scientific name is a citation; following this is the full citation. The taxonomic sequence used here is fundamentally Sibley & Monroe; modifications include:
1. corrections to data from Sibley & Monroe
2. spelling
3. authorial attribution
4. dates of citation
5. taxa added since Sibley & Monroe
6. rearrangement to reflect AOU Checklist (through 7th Ed.).
In the 30 months or so that we've spent tracking down these descriptions, we have downloaded papers from 9 online data bases. We have employed the co-operation of 10 PhD's, 4 senior researchers and 19 librarians of 13 Libraries, 13 Museums, 7 Universities and 9 Organisations from 15 countries on 5 continents to bring together 671 papers, published in 11 languages, culminating in a total of 1,589 pages of data. We now present this information to you, to help you in conserving the world's owls.
There are 225 species and
417 subspecies in the database, totaling
642. These are organised in 26 Genera. | Tyto |
(Billberg) 1828, Synopsis Faunae Scaniviae, 1, pt.2 (AVES), tab.A (Conspectus Classis AVIUM universalis, secundum), page 2. | | Phodilus |
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isadore. 1830. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; comprenant la physiologie animale et végétale, l'anatomie comparée des deux regnes, la zoologie, la botanique, la minéralogie et la géologie. (Ann. Sci. Nat.; par Audouin, Ad. Brongniart et Dumas. Paris) 21: p 199. | | Otus |
Pennant, Thomas. 1769. Indian Zoology (Indn. Zool.), p 3. | Megascops
(Otus) |
(Kaup) 1848, Isis von Oken, No.41, col.769. | | Pyrroglaux |
Yamashina, Yoshimaro. 1938. Tori Nihon Torigaku Kwai [Tori, The Aves] Bulletin of the Ornithological Society of Japan (Tori) 10: p 1. | | Gymnoglaux |
Cabanis, Jean Louis. 1855. Journal fur Ornithologie (J. Orn.) 3: p 466. | | Ptilopsis |
Kaup, Johannes (Johann) Jacob. 1851. Archiv Für Naturgeschicthe. (Arch.Naturgesch.; In Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehreten herausgegeben von Ar. Aug. Wiegmann.) 17: p 106. Alan Peterson states: “Type is currently uncertain. No type given by Kaup in erection of genus. He included two species Scops leucotis Sw. and Scops megalotis Gray according to the Richmond Index entry. I have yet to determine (2001.10.27) which species is the type.” | | Mimizuku |
Hachisuka, Masa Uji, marquis. 1934. The birds of the Philippine Islands, with notes on the mammal fauna... (Birds Philip. Is.; Hachisuka, Masauji 1931-35 2 vol. [issued in 4 pts.]): vol. 2, pt. 3, p 50. | | Bubo |
Dumeril, Andre Marie Constant. 1806. Zoologie Analytique, ou Methode naturelle de Classification des Animauxe, rendue plus facile a laide de tableaux synoptiques (Zool. Anal.): p.34 | Bubo
(Ketupa) |
All Ketupa now placed in genus Bubo
Lesson, Rene Primevere. 1830. Traite d'Ornithologie (Traited Orn.): livraison 1, p 114. | Bubo
(Nyctea) |
All Nyctea now placed in genus Bubo
Stephens, James Francis. 1826. General Zoology, or systematic natural history / by George Kearsley Shaw; [and afterwards (Vol. IX-XIV) by J. F. Stephens], with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens engraved principally by Mr. Heath [and afterwards Mrs. Griffith]. (General IX-XIV, pt.1 Aves by J.F. Stephens 1815-26). (Gen. Zool. [Shaw]) 13: pt. 2, p 62. | | Scotopelia |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1850. Conspectus generum avium (Consp. Gen. Av.) 1: p 44. | | Strix |
Linnaeus, Carolis. 1758. Systema Naturae (Syst. Nat.) ed. 10: p 92. | Strix
(Ciccaba) |
All Ciccaba now placed in genus Strix
Wagler. 1832. Isis 25 col.1222 | | Jubula |
Bates, George Latimer. 1929. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 49: p 90. | | Lophostrix |
Lesson, René Primevère . 1836. Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, avec les descriptions anatomiques de Daubenton, son collaborateur (Oeuvres Compl. Buffon) 7: p 261. | | Pulsatrix |
Kaup, Johannes Jacob. 1848. Isis (oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 1817-1848 Jena) 41: col. 771. | | Surnia |
Duméril, André Marie Constant. 1806. Zoologie Analytique, ou méthode naturelle de Classification des Animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques (Zool. Anal.): p 34. | | Glaucidium |
Boie, Friedrich. 1826. Isis (oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 1817-1848 Jena) 19: col. 976. | | Xenoglaux |
ONeill, John Patton, & Graves, Gary R. 1977. Auk 94: p.409-416. | | Micrathene |
Coues, Elliot. 1866. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) 18: p 51. | | Athene |
Boie, Friedrich. 1822. Isis (oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 1817-1848 Jena) 10, 11: col. 549. | | Aegolius |
Kaup, Johannes Jacob. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches der Europäischen Thierwelt (Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Europ. Thierw.): p 34. | | Ninox |
Hodgson, Brian Houghton (Bryan). 1837. Madras Journal of Literature and Science (Madras J .Lit .Sci.; London, Madras) 5: p 23. | | Uroglaux |
Mayr, Ernst (Walter). 1937. American Museum Novitates (Am. Mus. Novit.): no. 939, p 6. | | Sceloglaux |
Kaup, Johannes Jacob. 1848. Isis (oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 1817-1848 Jena) 41: col. 768 | | Pseudoscops |
Kaup, Johannes Jacob. 1848. Isis (oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 1817-1848 Jena) 41: col. 769. | | Asio |
Brisson, Mathurin Jacques. 1760. Ornithologie; ou Méthodes contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, espèces & leurs variétés, 1, p. 28. | | Nesasio |
Peters, James Lee. 1937. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science (J. Wash. Acad. Sci.) 27: p 82. |
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