Central American Pygmy-Owl
Central American Pygmy-Owl
Here the details of the Central American Pygmy-Owl named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Glaucidium griseiceps Ibis p.41 pl.2 fig.2
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code: capowl1
Type Locality: Veragua [Panama] and Chisec and Choctum, Guatemala, restricted to the tropical lowlands of Alta Vera Paz by Griscom, antea, p. 42.
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.
griseiceps
Med. L. griseum grey; L. -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Central American Pygmy-Owl (occultum)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps occultum
occulta / occultum / occultus
L. occultus hidden, concealed < occulere to conceal.
Central American Pygmy-Owl (griseiceps)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps griseiceps
griseiceps
Med. L. griseum grey; L. -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
Central American Pygmy-Owl (rarum)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps rarum
rarum / rarus
L. rarus rare, infrequent.
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)