Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus Scientific name definitions
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (8)
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 3, 2017
Text last updated May 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Хималайски чухал |
| Catalan | xot muntanyenc |
| Chinese | 黃嘴角鴞 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黃嘴角鴞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄嘴角鸮 |
| Czech | výreček horský |
| Dutch | Gevlekte Dwergooruil |
| English | Mountain Scops-Owl |
| English (UK) | Mountain Scops Owl |
| English (United States) | Mountain Scops-Owl |
| French | Petit-duc tacheté |
| French (France) | Petit-duc tacheté |
| German | Fuchs-Zwergohreule |
| Indonesian | Celepuk gunung |
| Japanese | タイワンコノハズク |
| Norwegian | fløyteugle |
| Polish | syczek górski |
| Russian | Пятнистая сплюшка |
| Serbian | Indonezijski planinski ćuk |
| Slovak | výrik horský |
| Spanish | Autillo Montano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Autillo montano |
| Swedish | bergdvärguv |
| Thai | นกเค้าภูเขา |
| Turkish | Dağ İshakkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Сплюшка гірська |
Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846)
PROTONYM:
Ephialtes spilocephalus
Blyth, 1846. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15, p.8.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Darjeeling.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OTUS
- otus
- spilocephala / spilocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Mountain Scops-Owl
