Band-bellied Owl / Pulsatrix melanota
Band-bellied Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Noctua melanota Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.266
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Pulsatrix
Taxonomy Code: babowl1
Type Locality: Peru.
Author: von Tschudi
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PULSATRIX
(Strigidae; Ϯ Spectacled Owl P. perspicillata pulsatrix) Specific name Strix pulsatrix zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820; "Gen. Syrnium Sav. (1809.) ... d) Subg. Pulsatrix, Kp. 14. torquatum Daud., Vaill. t. 42., superciliosa Shaw. Gen. Zool. pl. 32., pulsatrix Pr. Max. ? Subspecies, perspicillata Lath. (juv.) Vaill. t. 44. S.-Am." (Kaup 1848); "Subgenus. Pulsatrix, Kp. Ohröffnung kleiner als das orangefarbige Auge und ohne Operculum. Schnabel stark, so hoch wie lang. Zehen bis zu den Nägeln befiedert. 1ste bis zur 5ten mehr nach der Wurzel hin ausgeschnitten. 14. Syrnium torquatum, Kp." (Kaup 1851); "Pulsatrix Kaup, Isis von Oken, 1848, col. 771. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Strix torquata Daudin = Strix perspicillata Latham." (Peters 1940, IV, 124).
Synon. Novipulsatrix.
pulsatrix
Mod. L. pulsatrix, pulsatricis female attacker < Med. L. pulsator, pulsatoris attacker < L. pulsator, pulsatoris beater < pulsare to beat < pellere to strike.
melanota / melanotha
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
SUBSPECIES
Band-bellied Owl (melanota)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix melanota melanota
melanota / melanotha
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
Band-bellied Owl (philoscia)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix melanota philoscia
philoscia
Gr. φιλοσκιος philoskios fond of the shade < φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love; σκια skia shade.
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)