| Tyto multipunctata |
Lesser Sooty Owl |
Mathews, Gregory Macalister. 1912. Novitates Zoologicae (Novit. Zool.) 18: p 257. |
|
| Tyto inexspectata |
Minahassa Barn Owl, Minahassa Masked Owl |
Schlegel, Herman. 1879. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 1, p. 50, 51. |
|
| Tyto nigrobrunnea |
Sula Island Masked Owl, Taliabu Masked Owl |
Neumann, Oscar Rudolph. 1939. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 59: p 89-90. |
|
| Tyto sororcula |
Lesser Masked Owl |
Sclater, Philip Lutley. 1883. Proceedings of the Scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1883 (PZS). Pt.1, p 52-53. |
|
| Tyto manusi |
Manus Masked Owl |
Rothschild, Lord Lionel Walter, and Hartert, Ernst Johann. 1914. Novitates Zoologicae (Novit. Zool.; British Museum of Natural History, London) 21: p 291-292. |
|
| Tyto aurantia |
New Britain Barn Owl, New Britain Masked Owl |
Salvadori, Tomaso. 1881, Atti Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, 16, pages 94-95. |
|
| Tyto castanops |
Tasmanian Masked Owl
Formerly considered a subspecies of Tyto novaehollandiae |
Gould, John. 1837. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1836) (PZS) pt. 4, no. 48: p 140. |
|
| Tyto rosenbergii |
Celebes Barn Owl, Sulawesi Masked Owl |
Schlegel, Herman. 1866. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde (Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk.; Amsterdam) 3: p 181-182. |
|
| Tyto deroepstorffi |
Andaman Masked Owl
Formerly considered a subspecies of Tyto alba and originally described as Strix De-Roepstorffi |
Hume, Allan Octavian. 1875. Stray Feathers (Str. Feath) 3: p 390-391. |
|
| Tyto prigoginei |
Congo Bay Owl, African Bay Owl, Itombwe Owl
Formerly in genus Phodilus |
Schouteden, Henri. 1952. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines (Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr.) 46, p 424-428. |
|
| Otus sagittatus |
White-fronted Scops Owl |
Cassin, John. 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4 (1848), p. 121-123. |
|
| Otus rufescens |
Reddish Scops Owl, Rufous Scops Owl |
Horsfield, Thomas. 1821. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 13, pt. 1, Spec 4, p. 140. |
|
| Otus thilohoffmannii |
Serendib Scops Owl |
(Warakagoda & Rasmussen) 2004, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124, No.2, pages 85 - 105. |
|
| Otus icterorhynchus |
Cinnamon Scops Owl, Sandy Scops Owl |
Shelley, Capt. George Ernest. 1873. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 3: p 138. |
|
| Otus ireneae |
Sokoke Scops Owl |
Ripley, S. Dillon. 1966. Ibis 108: p136. |
|
| Otus balli |
Andaman Scops Owl |
Hume, Allan Octavian. 1873. Stray Feathers (Str. Feath.) 1: p 407-408. |
|
| Otus alfredi |
Flores Scops Owl |
Hartert, Ernst Johann Otto. 1897. Novitates Zoologicae (Novit. Zool.; British Museum of Natural History, London) 4: p 527-528. |
|
| Otus spilocephalus |
Mountain Scops Owl, Spotted Scops Owl |
Blyth, Edward. 1846. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal) 15: p 8-9 |
|
| Otus brookii |
Rajah Scops Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1892. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 1: p 4. |
|
| Otus angelinae |
Javan Scops Owl |
Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto. 1912. Ornithologische Monatsberichte, 20, pages 156-159. |
|
| Otus mentawi |
Mentawai Scops Owl |
Chasen, Frederick Nutter, & Kloss. 1926. Ibis, 12th Series, vol. 2: p 279. |
|
| Otus semitorques |
Japanese Scops Owl |
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob, & Schlegel, Hermann. 1844. Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio Animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam...suscepto, annis 1823-30 collegit, notis, observaionibus et adumbrationibus illustravit P. F. de Sieboldt. Conjunctis studiis C. J. Temminck et H. Schlegel pro Vertebratis atque W. de Haan pro Invertibratis elaborata (FaunaJap. Aves[Sieboldt]): p 24, pl. 8. |
|
| Otus fuliginosus |
Palawan Scops Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1888. Ibis, 5th Series, vol. 6: p 197. |
|
| Otus silvicola |
Lesser Sunda Scops Owl, Wallace's Scops Owl |
(Wallace) 1863, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt.3, pages 487-488. |
|
| Otus mirus |
Mindanao Scops Owl |
Ripley, S. Dillon, & Rabor, Dioscoro S. 1968. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.) 81: p 31-33. |
|
| Otus longicornis |
Luzon Scops Owl |
Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert. 1894. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 3: p 51. |
|
| Otus mindorensis |
Mindoro Scops Owl |
Whitehead, Bret M. 1899. Ibis, 7th Series, vol. 5: p 98-99. |
|
| Otus brucei |
Pallid Scops Owl, Striated Scops Owl, Bruce's Scops Owl |
Hume, Allan Octavian. 1872. Stray Feathers (Str. Feath.) 1: p 8-10. |
|
| Otus senegalensis |
African Scops Owl
Originally described as Scops |
Swainson, William. 1837, The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 11, Ornithology, Birds of Western Africa, Part 1, pages 127-129. |
|
| Otus sunia |
Oriental Scops Owl
Originally described as Scops |
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1836, Asiatic Researches, 19, pages 175-176. |
|
| Otus magicus |
Moluccan Scops Owl |
Muller, Salomon. 1841, Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen, pt.4, p. 110 |
|
| Otus mantananensis |
Mantanani Scops Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1892. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 1: p 4. |
|
| Otus elegans |
Ryukyu Scops Owl, Elegant Scops Owl |
Cassin, John. 1852. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 6, p 185-186. |
|
| Otus manadensis |
Celebes Scops Owl, Sulawesi Scops Owl, Magic Scops Owl |
Quoy, Jean Rene Constant & Gaimard, Jean Paul. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe exécuté par order du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de m.J. Dumont d’Urville. Zoologie. (Paris. 268 p). 1, pages 170-171. Atlas Ois. pl. 2, fig. 2. |
|
| Otus collari |
Sangihe Scops Owl |
Lambert, Frank R., & Rasmussen, Pamela. 1998. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 118: p 207-217. |
|
| Otus beccarii |
Biak island Scops Owl, Beccari Scops Owl |
Salvadori, Tommaso. 1876. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 7 (1875), p. 906-907. |
|
| Otus insularis |
Seychelles Scops Owl, Bare-legged Scops Owl |
Tristram, Henry Baker. 1880. Ibis, 4th Series, vol. 4, p. 458-459. |
|
| Otus umbra |
Mentaur Scops Owl, Simeulue Scops Owl |
Richmond, Charles Wallace. 1903. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 26, p. 494-495. |
|
| Otus enganensis |
Enggano Scops Owl |
Riley, Joseph Harvey. 1927. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 40, p. 93-94. |
|
| Otus alius |
Nicobar Scops Owl |
Rasmussen, Pamela. 1998. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 118: p 143-151, pl. 3. |
|
| Otus pembaensis |
Pemba Scops Owl |
Pakenham, Richard Hercules Wingfield. 1937. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 57: p 112. See Rasmussen, P.C, et al,; refer to Otus insularis for citation. |
|
| Otus pauliani |
Grand Comoro Scops Owl |
Benson, Constantine Walter. 1960. Ibis 103B: p 60-66. |
|
| Otus capnodes |
Anjouan Scops Owl |
Gurney, John Henry. 1889. Ibis, 6th Series, vol. 1, p. 104-107. |
|
| Otus moheliensis |
Mohéli Scops Owl |
Lafontaine, René-Marie & Moulaert, Nathalie. 1998. Journal of African Ornithology, 112(2), p. 163-169. |
|
| Otus rutilus |
Madagascar Scops Owl, Malagasy Scops Owl |
Pucheran, Jacques. 1849. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et appliquée, Ser. 2 vol. 1, p. 29. |
|
| Otus mayottensis |
Mayotte Scops Owl
Now considered a subspecies of Otus rutilus |
Benson, Constantine Walter. 1960. Ibis 103B, p. 60-63. |
|
| Otus madagascariensis |
Torotoroka Scops Owl |
Grandidier, Alfred. 1867. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et appliquée, ser. 2, 19, p. 85-86. |
|
| Otus hartlaubi |
São Thomé Scops Owl |
Giebel, Christoph, & Gottfried, Andreus. 1872. Thesaurus ornithologiae 1, p. 448. |
|
| Megascops seductus |
Balsas Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Moore) 1941, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54, pages 156-159. |
|
| Megascops cooperi |
Pacific Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Ridgway) 1878, Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 1, pages 116-117. |
|
| Megascops lambi |
Oaxaca Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus, formerly considered a subspecies of Megascops asio |
Moore, Robert Thomas, & Marshall, J.T. 1959. Condor 61: p 224, pt. 3. |
|
| Megascops trichopsis |
Whiskered Screech Owl, Spotted Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Wagler) 1832, Isis von Oken, 25, col. 276-277. |
|
| Megascops koepckeae |
Maria Koepcke's Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Hekstra) 1982, Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, vol.9, no.7, pages 49-63 [p.60 (11.9)]. |
|
| Megascops clarkii |
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Kelso, L. & E.H. Kelso) 1935, Biological Leaflet No.5. |
|
| Megascops barbarus |
Bearded Screech Owl, Bridled Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Sclater & Salvin) 1868, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt.1, pages 56-57. |
|
| Megascops ingens |
Rufescent Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Salvin) 1897, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 6, page 37. |
|
| Megascops colombianus |
Colombian Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Traylor) 1952, Natural History Miscellanea, The Chicago Academy of Sciences, No. 99, pages 1-4. |
|
| Megascops marshalli |
Cloud Forest Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
Weske, John S., & Terborgh, John. 1981. Auk 98: p 17. |
|
| Megascops watsonii |
Northern Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Cassin) 1849, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4 (1848), pages 123-124. |
|
| Megascops vermiculatus |
Vermiculated Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
(Ridgway) 1887. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 10, p. 267-268. |
|
| Megascops roraimae |
Roraima Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus, Koenig et al. consider this a separate species from both Megascops vermiculatus and Megascops guatemalae |
(Salvin) 1897. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 6, p. 38. |
|
| Megascops napensis |
Rio Napo Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus, Koenig et al. consider this a separate species from both Megascops vermiculatus and Megascops guatemalae |
(Chapman) 1928. American Museum Novitates, no. 332, p. 3-5. |
|
| Megascops nudipes |
Puerto Rican Screech Owl
Formerly in genus Otus |
Daudin, Francois Marie. 1800. Traité élémentaire et complet d'Ornithologie, ou histoire naturelle des Oiseaux [Traité d'Orn.], 2, p. 199. |
|
| Pyrroglaux podarginus |
Palau Owl, Palau Scops Owl
Originally placed in genus Otus, previously considered Palau Scops Owl |
Hartlaub, Gustav, and Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto. 1872. Proceedings of the Scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1872 (PZS): Pt. 1, p 90. |
|
| Gymnoglaux lawrencii |
Bare-legged Owl, Cuban Screech Owl
Formerly Otus lawrencii |
Sclater, Philip Lutley, and Salvin, Osbert. 1868. Proceedings of the Scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1868 (PZS): Pt. 2, p 327. |
|
| Mimizuku gurneyi |
Giant Scops Owl, Lesser Eagle Owl, Mindanao Owl
Formerly Otus gurneyi, first described as Pseudoptynx gurneyi |
Tweeddale, Arthur Hay, 9th, Marquis of. 1879. Proceedings of the Scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1878 (PZS): Pt 4, p 940, pl. 58. |
|
| Bubo capensis |
Cape Eagle Owl |
Smith, Sir Andrew. 1834. South African Quarterly Journal (S. Afr. Q. J.; edited at the South African Institute) (2): p 317. |
|
| Bubo cinerascens |
Vermiculated Eagle Owl |
Guérin-Méneville, Felix Edouard. 1843. Revue Zoologique, par la Societe Cuvierienne (Rev. Zool.; Journal mensuel publie sous la direction de M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville) 6: p 321, |
|
| Bubo poensis |
Fraser's Eagle Owl |
Fraser, Louis. 1854. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1853) (PZS): Pt. 21. no. 248, p. 13, 14. |
|
| Bubo vosseleri |
Usambara Eagle Owl, Nduk Eagle Owl
Currently considered a subspecies of Bubo poensis |
Reichenow, Anton. 1908. Journal fur Ornithologie (J. Orn.) 56: p 139. |
|
| Bubo shelleyi |
Shelley's Eagle Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, & Ussher, Herbert Taylor. 1872. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 2: p 182. |
|
| Bubo coromandus |
Dusky Eagle Owl |
Latham, John. 1790. Index orntihologicus, sive Systema ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, & c. (Index Orn.) 1: p 53. |
|
| Bubo leucostictus |
Sooty Eagle Owl, Akun Eagle Owl |
Hartlaub, Carl Johann Gustav. 1855. Journal fur Ornithologie (J. Orn.) 3: p 354. |
|
| Bubo philippensis |
Philippine Eagle Owl |
Kaup, Johannes Jacob. 1851. Archiv Für Naturgeschicthe. (Arch. Naturgesch.; In Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehreten herausgegeben von Ar. Aug. Wiegmann. 12 vols. 8vo) 17: p 110. |
|
| Bubo blakistoni |
Blakiston's Fish Owl
Previously placed in genus Ketupa |
Seebohm, Henry. 1884. Ibis, 5th Series, vol. 2: p 42 Usually cited as: Bubo blakistoni, Seebohm. 1884. PZS (1883): p 466 (e.g. Peters Checklist 4:121; HBW 5: 193, 687). The Richmond Index listing gives: Seebohm, Ibis, 5th Series, vol. 2, no.V, Jan 1884. p 42. |
|
| Bubo flavipes |
Tawny Fish Owl
Previously placed in genus Ketupa |
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1836. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal) 5: p. 364, pl. 26. |
|
| Scotopelia ussheri |
Rufous Fishing Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1871. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 1: p 101, pl.12. |
|
| Scotopelia bouvieri |
Vermiculated Fishing Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1875. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 5: p 260. |
|
| Strix seloputo |
Spotted Wood Owl |
Horsfield, Thomas. 1821. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Trans. Linn. Soc. London) (1) 13: p 140. |
|
| Strix ocellata |
Mottled Wood Owl |
Lesson, Rene Primevere. 1839. Rev.Zool. Revue Zoologique, par la Societe Cuvierienne (Rev. Zool.; Journal mensuel publie sous la direction de M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville) 2: p. 289. |
|
| Strix leptogrammica |
Brown Wood Owl |
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob. 1832. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, pour servier de suite et de complement aux planches enluminees de Buffon (this journal’s (?) abbreviation is Pl. Col.): livraison 89, pl. 525. See Dickinson, EC. 2001. Systematic notes on Asian birds: 9. The "Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees" of Temminck & Laugier (1820-1839)' Zool. Verh., Leiden 335 p.43,45. |
|
| Strix newarensis |
Himalayan Wood Owl
Formerly considered a subspecies of Strix leptogrammica |
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1836. Asiatic Researches, or Asiatick Research (As.Res.; or transactions of the society instituted in Bengal for inquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts, and sciences, and literature of Asia) 19: p 168. |
|
| Strix occidentalis |
Spotted Owl |
Xantus de Vesey, John. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) 11 (1859): p 193. |
|
| Strix varia |
Barred Owl |
Barton, Benjamin Smith. 1799. Fragment of the Natural History of Pennsylvania (Fragm. Nat. Hist. Penn.): p 11. |
|
| Strix fulvescens |
Fulvous Owl, Guatemala Barred Owl |
Sclater, Philip Lutley, and Salvin, Osbert. 1868. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1868 (PZS): Pt. 1, p 58. |
|
| Strix hylophila |
Brazilian Owl, Rusty-barred Owl |
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob. 1825. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, pour servier de suite et de complement aux planches enluminees de Buffon (this journal’s (?) abbreviation is Pl. Col.): livraison 63, pl. 373. |
|
| Strix rufipes |
Rufous-legged Owl |
King, Philip Parker (Rear Admiral). 1827. (The) Zoological Journal 3. (Zool. J.; Conducted by Thomas Bell, John George Children, James de Carle Sowerby, and GB Sowerby. [From vol. 3 edited by NA Vigors, with the co-operation of Thomas Bell, ET Bennett, JE Bicheno, WJ Broderip, JG Children, Thomas Hardwick, T Horsfield, W Kirby, J de Carle Sowerby, W Yarrell] 1824-1835 5 vols., 8vo): p 426. |
|
| Strix chacoensis |
Chaco Owl |
Cherrie, George Kruck, & Reichenberger, Elsie M.B. (Mrs.). 1921. American Museum Novitates (Am. Mus. Novit.), no. 27: p 1. |
|
| Strix davidi |
David's Wood Owl, Sichuan Wood Owl |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1875. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 5: p 256. |
|
| Strix virgata |
Mottled Owl
Originally placed in genus Ciccaba, originally described as Syrnium |
Cassin, John. 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) 4 (1848): p 124. (Ms. Robin Sinn, librarian at the Academy of Natural Sciences indicates that this portion of Vol.4 for 1848 was published in 1849.) |
|
| Strix nigrolineata |
Black and White Owl
Originally placed in genus Ciccaba |
Sclater, Philip Lutley. 1859. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (PZS) Pt. (27) 2: p 131. |
|
| Strix huhula |
Black-banded Owl
Originally placed in genus Ciccaba |
Daudin, Francois Marie. 1800. Traite elementaire et complet d'Ornithologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (Traited Orn. [Daudin]) 2: p 190. |
|
| Strix albitarsis |
Rufous-banded Owl
Sometimes spelled albitarsus, originally described as Syrnium albitarse, later placed in genus Ciccaba |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1850. Conspectus generum avium (Consp. Gen. Av.) 1: p 52. |
|
| Jubula lettii |
Maned Owl |
Buttikofer, Johann. 1889. Notes from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurl. Historie. (Notes Leyden Mus.) 11: p 34. |
|
| Lophostrix cristata |
Crested Owl |
Daudin, Francois Marie. 1800. Traité élémentaire et complet d'Ornithologie, ou histoire naturelle des Oiseaux [Traité d'Orn.], 7, p. 207. |
|
| Pulsatrix pulsatrix |
Short-browed Owl
Formerly considered a subspecies of Pulsatrix perspicillata |
Wied. 1820. Reise nach Brasilien...in 1815 - 1817, 1: p 366. |
|
| Pulsatrix melanota |
Band-bellied Owl |
Tschudi, Johann Jakob von. 1844. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. In Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten herausgegeben von Ar. Aug. Wiegmann. Berlin. (Arch. Naturgesch.) 10 (12 vols. 8vo): p 266. |
|
| Glaucidium brodiei |
Collared Owlet, Collared Pygmy Owl |
Burton, Edward, M.D. 1836. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1835) (PZS): Pt. 3, no. 34, p 152. |
|
| Glaucidium costaricanum |
Mountain Pygmy Owl
Now considered a subspecies of Glaucidium gnoma |
Kelso, Leon. 1937. Auk 54: p 304. |
|
| Glaucidium cobanense |
Mountain Pygmy Owl
Now considered a subspecies of Glaucidium gnoma |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1875. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 5: p 260. |
|
| Glaucidium hoskinsii |
Cape Pygmy Owl |
Brewster, William. 1888. Auk 5: p 136. |
|
| Glaucidium nubicola |
Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl |
Robbins, Mark B., & Stiles, F Gary. 1999. Auk 116: p 305-315, front cover. |
|
| Glaucidium palmarum |
Colima Pygmy Owl |
Nelson, Edward William. 1901. Auk 18: p 46. |
|
| Glaucidium sanchezi |
Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl |
Lowery, George Hines, Jr., and Newman. 1949. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology Louisiana State University (Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. LSU), no. 22: p 1-4. |
|
| Glaucidium parkeri |
Subtropical Pygmy Owl |
Robbins, Mark B., & Howell, Steve N.G. 1995. Wilson Bulletin 107: p 1-6. |
|
| Glaucidium ridgwayi |
Ridgway's Pygmy Owl
Formerly a subspecies of Glaucidium brasilianum |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1875. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 5: p 55, in text. Based on: Ridgway. 1873. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History16: p 93. |
|
| Glaucidium siju |
Cuban Pygmy Owl |
Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d. 1839. Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba, por d. Ramon de la Sagra... (Hist. Isla Cuba [Sagra]) 3: p 41. |
|
| Glaucidium sjostedti |
Sjöstedt's Owlet, Splendid Owlet |
Reichenow, Anton. 1893. Ornithologische Monatsberichte, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Ant. Reichenow (Orn. Monatsb) 1: p 65. |
|
| Glaucidium cuculoides |
Cuckoo Owlet, Asian Barred Owlet |
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward. 1831. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London (PZS): Pt. 1, no. 1, p 8. |
|
| Glaucidium castanopterum |
Javan Owlet, Chesnut-winged Owlet, Spadiced Owlet |
Horsfield, Thomas. 1821. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Trans. Linn. Soc. London) (1) 13: p 141. |
|
| Glaucidium radiatum |
Barred Jungle Owlet |
Tickell, Samuel Richard. 1833. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal) 2: p 572. |
|
| Glaucidium castanonotum |
Chesnut-backed Owlet |
Blyth, Edward. 1846. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal) 15: p 280. |
|
| Glaucidium capense |
African Barred Owlet |
Smith, Sir (Dr.) Andrew ). 1834. South African Quarterly Journal (S. Afr. Q. J) (2): p 313. (Edited at the South African Institution.) |
|
| Glaucidium ngamiense |
Ngami Owlet
Now considered a subspecies of Glaucidium capense |
Roberts, Austin. 1932. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: p 26. |
|
| Glaucidium scheffleri |
Scheffler’s Owlet
Now considered a subspecies of Glaucidium capense |
Neumann, Oscar Rudolph (Prof). 1911. Ornithologische Monatsberichte, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Ant. Reichenow (Orn. Monatsb.) 19: p 184. |
|
| Glaucidium castaneum |
Chesnut Owlet |
Reichenow, Anton. 1893. Ornithologische Monatsberichte, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Ant. Reichenow (Orn. Monatsb.) 1: p 62. |
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| Glaucidium albertinum |
Albertine Owlet, Prigogine's Owlet |
Prigogine, Alexandre (Dr). 1983. Revue de zoologie africaine (Rev. Zool. Afr.; Tervuren, Belgique) 97: p 886-895. |
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| Xenoglaux loweryi |
Long-whiskered Owlet |
See genus citation. |
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| Micrathene whitneyi |
Elf Owl |
Cooper, James Graham. 1861. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci.; Series 1) 2: p 118. |
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| Athene noctua |
Little Owl |
Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio. 1769. Annus I-(V) Historico-Naturalis (Annus I Hist.-Nat.): p 22. |
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| Athene brama |
Spotted Owlet, Spotted Little Owl |
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob & Laugier de Chartrouse, (Baron) Meiffren. 1821. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseau pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, livraison 12, pl. 68. |
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| Athene cunicularia |
Burrowing Owl
Formerly Speotyto cunicularia |
Molina, Giovanni Ignazio [Juan Ignazio]. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile (Saggio Storia Nat. Chile): p. 263. |
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| Aegolius acadicus |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Gmelin, Johann Friedrich. 1788. Systema Naturae (Syst. Nat.) 1: Pt.1, p 296. |
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| Aegolius ridgwayi |
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Originally placed in genus Cryptoglaux |
Alfaro, Anastasio. 1905. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.) 18: p 217. |
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| Ninox rufa |
Rufous Owl |
Gould, John. 1846. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (PZS): Pt.14, no. 156, p 18. |
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| Ninox strenua |
Powerful Owl, Great Hawk Owl |
Gould, John. 1838. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands (Syn. Birds Austr.): Pt. 3, pl. 47, fig. 2. |
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| Ninox rudolfi |
Sumba Boobook Owl |
Meyer, Adolph Bernhard. 1882. Ibis, 4th Series, vol. 6: p 232, pl.6. |
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| Ninox japonica |
Oriental Hawk Owl
Now considered a subspecies of Ninox scutulata |
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob, & Schlegel, Hermann. 1845. Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio Animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam...suscepto, annis 1823-30 collegit, notis, observaionibus et adumbrationibus illustravit P. F. de Sieboldt. Conjunctis studiis C. J. Temminck et H. Schlegel pro Vertebratis atque W. de Haan pro Invertibratis elaborata (Fauna Jap. Aves [Sieboldt]): p 28, pl. 9B. |
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| Ninox affinis |
Andaman Hawk Owl |
Beavan, Robert C. 1867. Ibis, New Series, vol. 3: p 316. |
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| Ninox philippensis |
Philippine Hawk Owl |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1855. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaire des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences [Paris] (Compt. Rend.) 41: p 655. |
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| Ninox mindorensis |
Mindoro Hawk Owl
Also called Ninox plateni, formerly considered a subspecies of Ninox philippensis |
Ogilvie-Grant, Robert William. 1896. Ibis, 7th Series, vol. 2: p 463. N. plateni: Hartlaub, Gustav. 1899. Abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Bremen 16: p 271. |
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| Ninox ochracea |
Ochre-bellied Hawk Owl
Formerly Ninox perversa |
Schlegel, Hermann. 1866. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde (Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk.) 3: p 183. |
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| Ninox ios |
Cinnabar Hawk Owl |
Rasmussen, Pamela. 1999. Wilson Bulletin 111: p 457-464. See Lee, R.J., and J. Riley. 2001. Morphology, plumage, and habitat of the newly described Cinnabar Hawk-Owl from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wilson Bulletin 113(1): pp 17-22. |
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| Ninox squamipila |
Moluccan Hawk Owl, Indonesian Hawk Owl |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1850. Conspectus generum avium (Consp. Gen. Av.) 1: p 41. |
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| Ninox hypogramma |
Moluccan Hawk Owl
Now considered a subspecies of Ninox squamipila |
Gray, George Robert. 1861. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London (1860) (PZS): Pt. (28) 3, p 344. |
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| Ninox natalis |
Christmas Island Hawk Owl
Formerly a subspecies of Ninox squamipila |
Lister, JJ. 1889. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1888 (PZS): Pt. 4, p 525. |
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| Ninox theomacha |
Sooty-backed Hawk Owl, Jungle Hawk Owl, Chesnut Hawk Owl, Brown Owl |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1855. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaire des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences [Paris] (Compt. Rend.) 41: p 654. |
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| Ninox meeki |
Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl, Manus Hawk Owl |
Rothschild, Lord Lionel Walter, & Hartert, Ernst Johann Otto. 1914. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 33: p 105. |
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| Ninox punctulata |
Speckled Hawk Owl |
Quoy, Jean Rene Constant & Gaimard, Jean Paul. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe exécuté par order du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de m.J. Dumont d’Urville. Zoologie. (Paris. 268 p). 1, pages 165-166. Atlas Ois. pl. 1, fig. 1. |
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| Ninox variegata |
Bismarck Hawk Owl, New Ireland Hawk Owl
Formerly Ninox solomonis |
Quoy, Jean Rene Constant & Gaimard, Jean Paul. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe exécuté par order du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de m.J. Dumont d’Urville. Zoologie. (Paris. 268 p). 1, pages 166-167. Atlas Ois. pl. 1, fig. 2. |
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| Ninox odiosa |
New Britain Hawk Owl, Russet Hawk Owl |
Sclater, Philip Lutley. 1877. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year (?) (PZS): Pt. 1, p 108. |
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| Ninox jacquinoti |
Solomon Islands Hawk Owl
Also spelled jacquinota |
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1850. Conspectus generum avium (Consp. Gen. Av.) 1: p 42. |
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| Uroglaux dimorpha |
New Guinea Hawk Owl, Papuan Hawk Owl |
Salvadori, Tommaso. 1874. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 6: p 308. |
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| Sceloglaux albifacies |
Laughing Owl, White-faced Owl |
Gray, George Robert. 1844. (The) zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, during the years 1839-43 (Voy. Erebus Terror 1 Birds): p 2, pl. 1. |
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| Pseudoscops grammicus |
Jamaican Owl |
Gosse, Philip Henry. 1847. The birds of Jamaica (Birds Jamaica): p 19 |
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| Asio clamator |
Striped Owl
Originally placed in genera Rhinoptynx and Pseudoscops |
Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre. 1808. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale 1 (Hist. Nat. Ois. Am. Sept.; 1807): p 52, pl. 20. (1807-09 Paris. 2 vols.) |
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| Asio stygius |
Stygian Owl
Originally described as Nyctalops |
Wagler, Johann Georg. 1832. Isis, oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung, von Oken 25 (1817-1848 Jena): Col. 1221. (Refer to Otus trichopsis for more detail) |
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| Asio abyssinicus |
Abyssinian Long-eared Owl |
Guerin-Ménéville, Felix Éduard. 1848. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne (Rev. Zool.) 6: p 321. (Journal mensuel publié sous la direction de M. F. E. Guerin-Ménéville.) |
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| Asio madagascariensis |
Madagascar Long-eared Owl |
Smith, Sir [Dr.] Andrew. 1834. South African Quarterly Journal (S. Afr. Q. J) (2): p 316. Edited at the South African Institution. (Second Series). |
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| Nesasio solomonensis |
Fearful Owl |
Hartert, Ernst Johann Otto. 1901. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BBOC) 12: p 25. |
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| Ninox burhani |
Togian Hawk Owl |
(INDRAWAN & SOMADIKARTA) 2004, The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 124, pages 160-171 |
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