White-throated Screech-Owl
White-throated Screech-Owl
Here the details of the White-throated Screech-Owl named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Syrnium albo-gularis Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 4(1848) p.124
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops
Taxonomy Code: whtsco1
Type Locality: South America, restricted to Choachi, 15 miles east of Bogota, by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 36, 1917, p. 254.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MEGASCOPS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Eastern Screech Owl M. asio) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; genus Scops Brünnich, 1772, owl. "5tes Subgenus. Megascops, Kp., Asiones, Schleg. Schnabel vorgestreckt. Flügel kurz und stumpf. 1ste Schwinge so lang wie die 10te. 1ste bis 5te Schwinge an der Aussen- und Innenfahne deutlich ausgeschnitten. Fusswurzel befiedert. Zehen meist vollständig nackt. 8. Scops asio, Gr. Less." (Kaup 1851). The Eastern Screech Owl and its New World congeners were formerly placed in the genus Scops (= Otus).
Synon. Athene, Gymnasio, Pseudociccaba.
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated, of the throat < L. gula throat.
SUBSPECIES
White-throated Screech-Owl (obscurus)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis obscurus
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... obscurus. 3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236. Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
● ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
● ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... obscurus. 3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236. Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss. ... but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.).
White-throated Screech-Owl (macabrus)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis macabrus
White-throated Screech-Owl (albogularis)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis albogularis
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated, of the throat < L. gula throat.
White-throated Screech-Owl (meridensis)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis meridensis
meridae / meridana / meridanus / meridensis
Mérida, Venezuela.
White-throated Screech-Owl (aequatorialis)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis aequatorialis
aequatoriale / aequatorialis
Late L. aequatorialis equatorial < aequator equator < L. aequare to make equal < aequus equal. Frequently given to species with a distribution in the equatorial latitudes of Africa (e.g. subsp. Jynx ruficollis, Sheppardia), but more commonly applied to birds from Ecuador (Spanish ecuador equator) (e.g. Momotus, Thamnistes, Xiphorhynchus).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= Panama City) (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= interior of Ecuador) (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● Erroneous TL. Ecuador (= Bahia, Brazil) (syn. Heliothryx aurita auriculata).
● Erroneous TL. Bogotá (= San Lucas, Ecuador) (subsp. Rallus limicola).
White-throated Screech-Owl (remotus)
SCI Name: Megascops albogularis remotus
remota / remotum / remotus
L. remotus distant, remote < removere to put away.
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)