Manus Masked-Owl

Manus Masked-Owl / Tyto manusi

Manus Masked-Owl

Here the details of the Manus Masked-Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Tyto manusi
Protonym:  Tyto manusi Novit.Zool. 21 p.291
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Tytonidae /
Taxonomy Code:  manowl2
Type Locality:  Manus, Admiralty Islands.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1914
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

TYTO
(Tytonidae; Ϯ Common Barn Owl T. alba) Gr. τυτω tutō, τυτους tutous  owl, night-owl; the Common Barn Owl is the most widespread owl in the world, although recent work suggests that some of its subspecies, for example in the Americas and in Australasia, should be elevated to specific status; "1. Strix,  2. Tyto B. (Strix Savigny)." (Billberg 1828); "Tyto Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scand., 1, pt. 2, 1828, tab. A.  Type, by monotypy, Strix flammea auct. = Strix alba Scopoli." (Peters 1940, IV, 77).
Synon. Aluco, Dactylostrix, Eustrinx, Flammea, Glaucostrix, Glaux, Glyphidiura, Heliodilus, Hybris, Megastrix, Nyctimene, Scelostrix, Stridula, Strigymnhemipus, Strix.
● (syn. Strix Ϯ Brown Wood Owl S. leptogrammica) "Genus Tyto Heine [Myrtha (!) Bp. 1854]" (Heine 1890).  A purist replacement name.

manusi
Manus, Admiralty Is.