Mottled Owl Strix virgata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (32)
- Subspecies (7)
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, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Пъстра улулица |
| Catalan | gamarús cafè |
| Czech | puštík proměnlivý |
| Dutch | Bonte Bosuil |
| English | Mottled Owl |
| English (United States) | Mottled Owl |
| French | Chouette mouchetée |
| French (France) | Chouette mouchetée |
| German | Sprenkelkauz |
| Icelandic | Skógarugla |
| Japanese | ナンベイヒナフクロウ |
| Norwegian | demonugle |
| Polish | puszczyk pstry |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | coruja-do-mato |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mottled Owl |
| Russian | Крапчатая неясыть |
| Serbian | Pirgava šumska sova |
| Slovak | sova čiarková |
| Spanish | Cárabo Café |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Lechuza Estriada |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Lechuza Café |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Búho Moteado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Búho Moteado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Búho Café |
| Spanish (Panama) | Búho Moteado |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Lechuza estriada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Búho Café |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cárabo café |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Lechuza Chillona |
| Swedish | brunstrimmig uggla |
| Turkish | Benekli Alaca Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сова-лісовик бура |
Revision Notes
Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Leo Gilman copyedited the account.
Strix virgata (Cassin, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Syrnium virgatum
Cassin, 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1848), p.124.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America; restricted to Bogota, by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 288.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
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- virgata
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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 Mottled Owl
