Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (6)
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 29, 2017
Text last updated September 29, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Очилата сова |
| Catalan | gamarús d'ulleres |
| Czech | puštík brýlatý |
| Dutch | Briluil |
| English | Spectacled Owl |
| English (United States) | Spectacled Owl |
| French | Chouette à lunettes |
| French (France) | Chouette à lunettes |
| German | Brillenkauz |
| Japanese | メガネフクロウ |
| Norwegian | brilleugle |
| Polish | puchaczyk żółtobrzuchy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | murucututu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Murucututu |
| Russian | Очковая неясыть |
| Serbian | Naočarasta sova |
| Slovak | sova okuliarnatá |
| Spanish | Lechuzón de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Lechuzón Mocho Grande |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Panama) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Lechuzón mocho grande |
| Spanish (Peru) | Búho de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lechuzón de anteojos |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Lechuzón de Anteojos |
| Swedish | glasögonuggla |
| Turkish | Gözlüklü Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сова вохристочерева |
Pulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Strix perspicillata
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.58.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PULSATRIX
- pulsatrix
- perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Spectacled Owl
