Rufous Fishing-Owl

Here the details of the Rufous Fishing-Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Scotopelia ussheri
Protonym:  Scotopelia ussheri Ibis p.101 pl.12
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Scotopelia
Taxonomy Code:  rufowl1
Type Locality:  Fanti, Gold Coast.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1871
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

SCOTOPELIA
(Strigidae; Ϯ Pel's Fishing Owl S. peli) Gr. σκοτος skotos  darkness, gloom; specific name Strix peli Bonaparte, 1850 (cf. erroneous “peli (black), referring to large ‘black’ eyes of ... Pel’s Fishing-Owl” (Hockey et al. 2005)); "*112. Scotopelia, Bp.  Permagna: plumae auriculares nullae: tarsi digitique nudi.   Africa occ.   1.   *STRIX PELI, Temm. Mus. Lugd. Figura nulla, ex Ashantee." (Bonaparte 1850); "Scotopelia Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, 1850, p. 44. Type, by monotypy, Strix peli Temm. i.e. Bonaparte." (Peters 1940, IV, 123). 
Var. Megapelia.
Synon. Scotoglaux.

ussheri
Herbert Taylor Ussher (1836-1880) British diplomat at the Gold Coast 1866-1872, Gov. of Labuan, Borneo 1875-1879, Gov. of Gold Coast 1879-1880 (syn. Baeopogon indicator leucurus, Bradornis, Erythropitta, subsp. Indicator minor, subsp. Pholidornis rushiae, Scotopelia, syn. Sylvia borin, subsp. Tchagra australis, Telacanthura).