Vermiculated Fishing-Owl

Vermiculated Fishing-Owl / Scotopelia bouvieri

Vermiculated Fishing-Owl

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

SCI Name:  Scotopelia bouvieri
Protonym:  Scotopelia bouvieri Ibis p.260
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae /
Taxonomy Code:  vefowl1
Type Locality:  Lop6, Ogowe River, Gaboon.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  

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.

bouvieri
Aimé Bouvier (1844-1919) French zoologist, collector (Cinnyris, Scotopelia).