Balsas Screech-Owl / Megascops seductus
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Balsas Screech-Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otus vinaceus seductus Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 54 p.156
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops
Taxonomy Code: basowl
Type Locality:
Author: Moore, RT
Publish Year: 1941
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.
seductus
L. seductus remote, distant < seducere to separate.
● “referring to the great extension of the habitat of the species [Megascops (kennicottii) vinaceus] into southern Mexico” (Moore 1941) (Megascops).
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)
