Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- 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: 1.2 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Reuse-ooruil |
| Bulgarian | Млечен бухал |
| Catalan | duc lletós |
| Czech | ketupa bělavá |
| Dutch | Melkoehoe |
| English | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| English (UK) | Verreaux's Eagle Owl |
| English (United States) | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| French | Grand-duc de Verreaux |
| French (France) | Grand-duc de Verreaux |
| German | Blassuhu |
| Icelandic | Tröllúfur |
| Japanese | クロワシミミズク |
| Norwegian | gråhubro |
| Polish | puchacz mleczny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Bufo-leitoso |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Corujão-leitoso |
| Russian | Бледный филин |
| Serbian | Veroova buljina |
| Slovak | ketupa belavá |
| Spanish | Búho Lechoso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Búho lechoso |
| Swedish | mjölkuv |
| Turkish | Afrika Akça Puhusu |
| Ukrainian | Пугач блідий |
| Zulu | ifubesi |
Revision Notes
Luca Bielski prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Ketupa lactea (Temminck, 1820)
PROTONYM:
Strix lactea
Temminck, 1820. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.1, pl.4.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- KETUPA
- ketupa / ketupu
- lactea
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
