Buff-fronted Owl

Here the details of the Buff-fronted Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Aegolius harrisii
Protonym:  Nyctale Harrisii Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 4(1848) p.157
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Aegolius
Taxonomy Code:  bufowl1
Type Locality:  South America.
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1849
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

harrisi / harrisii
● Edward Harris (1799-1863) US farmer, naturalist, philanthrope, explorer with Audubon (Aegolius, syn. Cyanocorax violaceus, subsp. Leuconotopicus villosus, subsp. Parabuteo unicinctus, syn. Zonotrichia querula).
● Charles Miller Harris (fl. 1907) English collector in the Galapagos Is. and Baja California, taxidermist for the Tring Mus. (Phalacrocorax).

SUBSPECIES

Buff-fronted Owl (harrisii)
SCI Name: Aegolius harrisii harrisii
harrisi / harrisii
● Edward Harris (1799-1863) US farmer, naturalist, philanthrope, explorer with Audubon (Aegolius, syn. Cyanocorax violaceus, subsp. Leuconotopicus villosus, subsp. Parabuteo unicinctus, syn. Zonotrichia querula).
● Charles Miller Harris (fl. 1907) English collector in the Galapagos Is. and Baja California, taxidermist for the Tring Mus. (Phalacrocorax).

Buff-fronted Owl (iheringi)
SCI Name: Aegolius harrisii iheringi
iheringi
Hermann Friedrich Albrecht von Ihering (or Jhering) (1850-1930) German zoologist, collector in Brazil 1880-1920, founding Director of Museu Paulista, Brazil (subsp. Aegolius harrisii, Formicivora, Myrmotherula) (see jheringi).

Buff-fronted Owl (dabbenei)
SCI Name: Aegolius harrisii dabbenei
dabbenei
Roberto Raúl Dabbene (1864-1938) Italian-born Argentinian ornithologist (subsp. Aegolius harrisii, subsp. Anthus hellmayri, subsp. Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, Penelope (ex Penelope nigrifrons Dabbene, 1918), Rhynchospiza, syn. Upucerthia validirostris).