Wetar Scops-Owl Otus tempestatis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Denver W. Holt, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, and Kristin L. Wood
Version: 1.0 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Беловежд чухал |
| Catalan | xot de Wetar |
| Czech | výreček wetarský |
| Dutch | Wetardwergooruil |
| English | Wetar Scops-Owl |
| English (UK) | Moluccan Scops Owl (Wetar) |
| English (United States) | Wetar Scops-Owl |
| French | Petit-duc de Wetar |
| French (France) | Petit-duc de Wetar |
| German | Wetar-Zwergohreule |
| Indonesian | Celepuk wetar |
| Norwegian | sjamanugle |
| Polish | syczek molucki (tempestatis) |
| Serbian | Ćuk sa ostrva Vetar |
| Slovak | výrik wetarský |
| Spanish | Autillo Moluqueño (tempestatis) |
| Spanish (Spain) | Autillo moluqueño (tempestatis) |
| Turkish | Vetar İshakkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Сплюшка ветарська |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Leo Gilman copy edited the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Otus tempestatis (Hartert, 1904)
PROTONYM:
Pisorhina manadensis tempestatis
Hartert, 1904. Novitates Zoologicae 11, p.190.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wetar Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OTUS
- otus
- tempestatis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Wetar Scops Owl
