Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
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 July 22, 2017
Text last updated July 22, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Северна белолика сова |
| Catalan | xot carablanc septentrional |
| Czech | výreček bělolící |
| Dutch | Noordelijke Witwanguil |
| English | Northern White-faced Owl |
| English (Kenya) | Northern White-faced Scops Owl |
| English (United States) | Northern White-faced Owl |
| French | Petit-duc à face blanche |
| French (France) | Petit-duc à face blanche |
| German | Nordbüscheleule |
| Icelandic | Skellugla |
| Japanese | アフリカオオコノハズク |
| Norwegian | hvitfjesugle |
| Polish | szlarogłówka północna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mocho-de-face-branca |
| Russian | Северная белолицая совка |
| Serbian | Severna belolika sova |
| Slovak | myšiarka bielolíca |
| Spanish | Autillo Cariblanco Norteño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Autillo cariblanco norteño |
| Swedish | nordlig gråuggla |
| Turkish | Akça Puhucuk |
| Ukrainian | Сплюшка сіра |
Ptilopsis leucotis (Temminck, 1820)
PROTONYM:
Strix leucotis
Temminck, 1820. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.3, pl.16.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTILOPSIS
- leucotis
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 Northern White-faced Owl
