Black-banded Owl / Ciccaba huhula
Black-banded Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Strix huhula TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.190
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Ciccaba
Taxonomy Code: bkbowl1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CICCABA
(Strigidae; Ϯ Black-banded Owl C. huhula) Gr. κικκαβη kikkabē screech owl; "2. Genus. Ciccaba Wagl. Trauereule. Zu dieser neuen Sippe gehört als Gattung Le Vaillants Huhule, Daudins und Lathams Strix Huhula aus Südamerica. ... Character universalis Syrnii; rostrum Strigis; auriculae nullae, area plumarum mediocris, totum oculum cingens, circularis; remex 4 et 5 omnium longissimae, quarta quam quinta vix longior; digiti nudi; tarsus dense plumosus; aures mediocres; cauda longula, lata, aequalis.— Color praedominans niger. Species: 1. Ciccaba Huhula. Fliegt auch bei Tage umher. Diese Sippe ist zwischen die Schleiereulen (die einen sehr großen, herzförmigen Gesichtsschleier und große Ohren haben) und Kauze (Syrnium) zu fetzen." (Wagler 1832); "Ciccaba Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1222. Type, by monotypy, Ciccaba huhula = Strix huhula Daudin." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 153).
Var. Ciccaca.
huhula / huhulum
French onomatopoeia “Huhul” for the Black-banded Owl; ex “Chouette de Cayenne” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1782-1787, and “Huhul” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 41 (Ciccaba).
SUBSPECIES
Black-banded Owl (huhula)
SCI Name: Ciccaba huhula huhula
huhula / huhulum
French onomatopoeia “Huhul” for the Black-banded Owl; ex “Chouette de Cayenne” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1782-1787, and “Huhul” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 41 (Ciccaba).
Black-banded Owl (albomarginata)
SCI Name: Ciccaba huhula albomarginata
albomarginata
L. albus white; marginatus bordered < marginare to emarginate < margo border.
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)