Red-chested Owlet
Red-chested Owlet
Here the details of the Red-chested Owlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Glaucidium tephronotum Ibis p.260
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code: recowl1
Type Locality: 'Said to be from South America.'' error = West Africa. 1
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GLAUCIDIUM
(Strigidae; Ϯ Northern Pygmy Owl G. passerinum) Gr. γλαυκιδιον glaukidion little owl, owlet < dim. γλαυξ glaux, γλαυκος glaukos owl; "IV. Fam. Strigidae ... Glaucidium: St. nana Tem; passerina Lin. u. a. m." (Boie 1826); "Glaucidium Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 970. Type, by subsequent designation, Strix passerina Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 6)." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 127).
Var. Gaucidium.
Synon. Microglaux, Microptynx, Noctua, Nyctipetes, Phalaenopsis, Smithiglaux, Taenioglaux, Taenioptynx.
tephronota / tephronotum / tephronotus
Gr. τεφρος tephros ash-coloured < τεφρα tephra ashes; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
SUBSPECIES
Red-chested Owlet (Western)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum tephronotum
tephronota / tephronotum / tephronotus
Gr. τεφρος tephros ash-coloured < τεφρα tephra ashes; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
Red-chested Owlet (Pycraft's)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum pycrafti
pycrafti
William Plane Pycraft (1868-1942) English zoologist, osteologist (subsp. Corvus antipodum, subsp. Glaucidium tephronotum).
Red-chested Owlet (Eastern)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum medje
medje
Medje, Ituri District, Belgian Congo (= DR Congo).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)