Tyto Glaucops Bird
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Tyto Glaucops Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Strix glaucops Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] 6 p.118
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Tytonidae / Tyto
Taxonomy Code: asfowl1
Type Locality: Jamaica, error = Hispaniola.
Author: Kaup
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
TYTO
(Tytonidae; Ϯ Common Barn Owl T. alba) Gr. τυτω tutō, τυτους tutous owl, night-owl; the Common Barn Owl is the most widespread owl in the world, although recent work suggests that some of its subspecies, for example in the Americas and in Australasia, should be elevated to specific status; "1. Strix, 2. Tyto B. (Strix Savigny)." (Billberg 1828); "Tyto Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scand., 1, pt. 2, 1828, tab. A. Type, by monotypy, Strix flammea auct. = Strix alba Scopoli." (Peters 1940, IV, 77).
Synon. Aluco, Dactylostrix, Eustrinx, Flammea, Glaucostrix, Glaux, Glyphidiura, Heliodilus, Hybris, Megastrix, Nyctimene, Scelostrix, Stridula, Strigymnhemipus, Strix.
● (syn. Strix Ϯ Brown Wood Owl S. leptogrammica) "Genus Tyto Heine [Myrtha (!) Bp. 1854]" (Heine 1890). A purist replacement name.
glaucops
Gr. γλαυκος glaukos blue-grey, glaucous; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face, countenance (cf. γλαυκωψ glaukōps, γλαυκωπος glaukōpos with gleaming eyes).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
