Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (2)
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Chuenchom Hansasuta
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Петнист бухал |
| Catalan | duc del Nepal |
| Chinese (SIM) | 林雕鸮 |
| Czech | ketupa skvrnobřichá |
| Dutch | Bosoehoe |
| English | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl |
| English (UK) | Spot-bellied Eagle Owl |
| English (United States) | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl |
| French | Grand-duc du Népal |
| French (France) | Grand-duc du Népal |
| German | Nepaluhu |
| Icelandic | Hjartaúfur |
| Japanese | ネパールワシミミズク |
| Malayalam | കാട്ടുമൂങ്ങ |
| Norwegian | skoghubro |
| Polish | puchacz jarzębaty |
| Russian | Непальский филин |
| Serbian | Pegava crnooka buljina |
| Slovak | ketupa žltozobá |
| Spanish | Búho Nepalí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Búho nepalí |
| Swedish | nepaluv |
| Thai | นกเค้าใหญ่พันธุ์เนปาล |
| Turkish | Nepal Puhusu |
| Ukrainian | Пугач непальський |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Chuenchom Hansasuta contributed to the Identification, Plumages, and Systematics pages. Leo Gilman copyedited the account.
Ketupa nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Bubo nipalensis
Hodgson, 1836. Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19, p.172.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- KETUPA
- ketupa / ketupu
- nipalense / nipalensis
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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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Distribution of the Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
