Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Arnau Bonan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2016
Text last updated September 9, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Цейлонска врабчова кукумявка |
| Catalan | mussolet de Sri Lanka |
| Czech | kulíšek srílanský |
| Dutch | Ceylonese Dwerguil |
| English | Chestnut-backed Owlet |
| English (United States) | Chestnut-backed Owlet |
| French | Chevêchette à dos marron |
| French (France) | Chevêchette à dos marron |
| German | Kastanienmantel-Zwergkauz |
| Japanese | クリセスズメフクロウ |
| Norwegian | singaleserugle |
| Polish | sóweczka cejlońska |
| Russian | Каштановоспинный сычик |
| Slovak | kuvičok hnedochrbtý |
| Spanish | Mochuelo de Ceilán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mochuelo de Ceilán |
| Swedish | ceylonsparvuggla |
| Turkish | Kestane Sırtlı Serçe Baykuşu |
| Ukrainian | Сичик-горобець цейлонський |
Glaucidium castanotum (Blyth, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Athene castanonota
Blyth, 1850. Catalogue of the birds in the Museum Asiatic Society, p.39.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GLAUCIDIUM
- castanotum / castanotus
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 Chestnut-backed Owlet
