Ketupa Ketupu Bird

English Name:  Buffy Fish-Owl
Latin Name:  Ketupa ketupu
Protonym:  Strix Ketupu Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.141
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Ketupa
Taxonomy Code:  bufowl2
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Horsfield
Publish Year:  1821
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

KETUPA
(Strigidae; Ϯ Buffy Fish Owl K. ketupu) Javanese name Blo-ketupu for the Buffy Fish Owl (cf. Malay name Ketupok; specific name Strix ketupu Horsfield, 1821); "IX.e Sous-genre KETUPU; Ketupa.  Caractères des chats-huans; tête surmontée de deux huppes déjetées en arrière; tarses complétement nus et réticulés.   44. KETUPU JAVANAIS; Ketupa javanensis:  Strix ceylonensis, Lath.; Temm., pl. 74; Strix ketupa, Horsf., Trans., t. XIII, p. 141; Blo-Ketupu des Javanais.   ...   45. KETUPU LESCHENAULT; Ketupa Leschenaultii:  Strix Leschenault, Temm., pl. 20.  ...  Habite les provinces orientales de l'Inde, où on le nomme peroun-rotan." (Lesson 1830). “Ketupu should be written Ketupa. It is better not to introduce barbarous names into science; but when done, they should at least have a Latin termination given them.” (Strickland 1841); "Ketupa Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 2, 1830, p. 114. Type, by tautonymy, Ketupa javanensis Lesson = Strix ketupu Horsfield." (Peters 1940, IV, 121).
Var. Cetupa, Kerupa, Ketupu, Retupa.
Synon. Cultrunguis, Gymnopus, Nyctaetus, Ophtalmomegas, Smilonyx.

ketupu
According to Horsfield 1821, Blo-ketupu was the Javanese name for the Buffy Fish Owl (cf. Malay name Ketupok) (Ketupa).

KETUPA
(Strigidae; Ϯ Buffy Fish Owl K. ketupu) Javanese name Blo-ketupu for the Buffy Fish Owl (cf. Malay name Ketupok; specific name Strix ketupu Horsfield, 1821); "IX.e Sous-genre KETUPU; Ketupa.  Caractères des chats-huans; tête surmontée de deux huppes déjetées en arrière; tarses complétement nus et réticulés.   44. KETUPU JAVANAIS; Ketupa javanensis:  Strix ceylonensis, Lath.; Temm., pl. 74; Strix ketupa, Horsf., Trans., t. XIII, p. 141; Blo-Ketupu des Javanais.   ...   45. KETUPU LESCHENAULT; Ketupa Leschenaultii:  Strix Leschenault, Temm., pl. 20.  ...  Habite les provinces orientales de l'Inde, où on le nomme peroun-rotan." (Lesson 1830). “Ketupu should be written Ketupa. It is better not to introduce barbarous names into science; but when done, they should at least have a Latin termination given them.” (Strickland 1841); "Ketupa Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 2, 1830, p. 114. Type, by tautonymy, Ketupa javanensis Lesson = Strix ketupu Horsfield." (Peters 1940, IV, 121).
Var. Cetupa, Kerupa, Ketupu, Retupa.
Synon. Cultrunguis, Gymnopus, Nyctaetus, Ophtalmomegas, Smilonyx.

SUBSPECIES

Buffy Fish-Owl (aagaardi)
Latin Name: Ketupa ketupu aagaardi
aagaardi
Karl Johan Ove Mønster Aagaard (1882-1950) Danish hydro-engineer, naturalist, resident in Thailand 1910-1932, collector (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (subsp. Ketupa ketupu).

Buffy Fish-Owl (ketupu)
Latin Name: Ketupa ketupu ketupu
ketupu
According to Horsfield 1821, Blo-ketupu was the Javanese name for the Buffy Fish Owl (cf. Malay name Ketupok) (Ketupa).

Buffy Fish-Owl (minor)
Latin Name: Ketupa ketupu minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).

Buffy Fish-Owl (pageli)
Latin Name: Ketupa ketupu pageli
pageli
Dr Max Pagel (fl. 1906) German physician, collector, in North Borneo 1891-1906 (subsp. Ketupa ketupu).