Andaman Masked-Owl / Tyto deroepstorffi
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Andaman Masked-Owl
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Protonym: Strix De-Roepstorffi Str.Feath. 3 p.390
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Tytonidae / Tyto
Taxonomy Code: barowl5
Type Locality: Aberdeen, South Andaman Islands.
Author: Hume
Publish Year: 1875
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.
deroepstorffi
Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff (1842-1896) Danish linguist in the employ of the Indian civil service, in the Andamans 1875-1883 (subsp. Tyto alba).
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)
