Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (37)
- Subspecies (15)
Christian Artuso, C. Stuart Houston, Dwight G. Smith, and Christoph Rohner
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Вирджински бухал |
| Catalan | duc americà |
| Croatian | američka ušara |
| Czech | výr virginský |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Oehoe |
| English | Great Horned Owl |
| English (United States) | Great Horned Owl |
| French | Grand-duc d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Grand-duc d'Amérique |
| German | Virginiauhu |
| Greek | Αμερικανικός Μπούφος |
| Icelandic | Grímuúfur |
| Japanese | アメリカワシミミズク |
| Norwegian | amerikahubro |
| Polish | puchacz wirginijski |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | jacurutu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Jacurutu |
| Russian | Виргинский филин |
| Serbian | Američka buljina |
| Slovak | výr bielobradý |
| Slovenian | Ameriška velika uharica |
| Spanish | Búho Americano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Ñacurutú |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Búho Grande |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Búho (Cuscungo) Coronado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Estiquirín |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Búho Cornudo |
| Spanish (Panama) | Búho Cornado Americano |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Ñacurutú |
| Spanish (Peru) | Búho Americano |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Búho Cornudo Americano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Búho americano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Ñacurutú |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Lechuzón Orejudo |
| Swedish | virginiauv |
| Turkish | Amerika Puhusu |
| Ukrainian | Пугач віргінський |
Revision Notes
Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Jessica Kane updated the distribution map.
Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Strix virginiana
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.287.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = Virginia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BUBO
- bubo
- virginiana / virginianicus / virginianus / virginica / virginicus / virgininus
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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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