Bermuda Saw-whet Owl
Bermuda Saw-whet Owl
Here the details of the Bermuda Saw-whet Owl named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Proc Biol Soc Wash 125(2) 97-105
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Aegolius
Taxonomy Code: bswowl1
Type Locality:
Author: Olson
Publish Year: 2012
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
AEGOLIUS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Tengmalm's Owl A. funereus) L. aegolius screech owl < Gr. αιγωλιος aigōlios bird of ill omen living in rocks and caves, probably some sort of owl; "11. Strix Tengmalmi. ... 11. Bergkauz. Aegolius. (Strix Tengmalmi.) Entw[ickelung]. Die Fußwurzeln und die verkürzten Zehen werden befiedert, Flügel und Schwanz kürzer, der Kopf dicker, und die Ohröffnungen sehr groß. Char[akter]. Käuze mit dick befiederten Fußwurzeln und Zehen, und großen Ohröffnungen. Leb[ensart]. Sie lieben Gebirgswaldung und leben wie die übrigen kleinen Eulen, von Mäusen." (Kaup 1829); "Aegolius Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 34. Type, by monotypy, Strix tengmalmi Gmelin = Strix funereus Linné, 1758." (Peters 1940, IV, p. 171).
Var. Aegolia.
Synon. Cryptoglaux, Gisella, Glaux, Microscops, Nudipedes, Nyctala, Nyctalatinus, Ptilipedes, Scotophilus.
aegolius
L. aegolius screech owl < Gr. αιγωλιος aigōlios bird of ill omen living in rocks and caves, probably some sort of owl (syn. Asio flammeus).
gradyi
Frederick V. Grady (fl. 2016) US palaeobiologist (Aegolius).
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)