Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa Scientific name definitions
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Jimmy Dhillon, Murray D. Bruce, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 2.0 — Published December 23, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Тъмна забулена сова |
| Catalan | òliba tenebrosa |
| Czech | sova temná |
| Dutch | Zwarte Kerkuil |
| English | Sooty Owl |
| English (United States) | Sooty Owl |
| French | Effraie ombrée |
| French (France) | Effraie ombrée |
| German | Rußeule |
| Indonesian | Serak hitam |
| Japanese | ススイロメンフクロウ |
| Norwegian | sotslørugle |
| Polish | płomykówka przydymiona |
| Russian | Чёрная сипуха |
| Serbian | Čađava kukuvija |
| Slovak | plamienka sadzová |
| Spanish | Lechuza Tenebrosa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lechuza tenebrosa |
| Swedish | större/mindre sottornuggla |
| Turkish | Gri Peçeli Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сипуха темно-бура |
Revision Notes
Jimmy Dhillon revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure section. Claire Walter copy edited the account, and Tammy Zhang curated the media.
Tyto tenebricosa (Gould, 1845)
PROTONYM:
Strix tenebricosus
Gould, 1845. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, 3 no.149, p. 80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brushes of the Clarence River, New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYTO
- tenebricosa / tenebricosus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
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