Crested Owl / Lophostrix cristata
Crested Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Strix cristata TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.207
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Lophostrix
Taxonomy Code: creowl1
Type Locality: Guiana.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOPHOSTRIX
(Strigidae; Ϯ Crested Owl L. cristata) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; στριξ strix, στριγος strigos owl; "CHOUETTE A AIGRETTES. STRIX CRISTATA ... Deux aigrettes de plumes longues, inégales et blanches, placées à la base du bec, couchées sur les deux côtés du cou, et non redressables comme les plumes oriculaires des Ducs [Bubo]" (Daudin 1800); "Les CHOUETTES A AIGRETTES 1 ne sont que des ducs, dit M. Cuvier 1, dont les aigrettes, plus écartées et placées plus en arrière, ne se relèvent que difficilement au-dessus de la ligne horizontale. ... 1º La CHOUETTE A AIGRETTES BLANCHES 3 habite Cayenne. ... 1 Lophostrix, Lass[sic]. ... 1 Règ. an., t. I, p. 344 ... 3 Levaill., Af., pl. 43; Strix griseata, Lath., Shaw." (Lesson 1836); "Lophostrix Lesson, Compl. Oeuvres Buffon, 7, 1836, p. 261. Type, by monotypy, Lophostrix griseata Lesson = Strix cristata Daudin." (Peters 1940, IV, 110).
cristata
L. cristatus crested, plumed, tufted < crista crest, plume, tuft. This epithet refers not only to obvious coronal crests of various shapes and sizes, but also to frontal knobs, ear tufts, and upstanding rictal bristles or feathers.
● ex “Alcedo amboinensis cristata” of Seba 1734, and “Ispida philippensis cristata” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Alcedo vintsioides).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... cristatus. 16. P. brachyurus albus, crista dependente flava. Psittacus albus cristatus. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 4. Will. ornith. . . Raj. av. 30. Seb. mus. I. p. 94. t. 59. f. 1. Alb. av. 3. p. 12. t. 12. Edw. av. 160. t. 160. Frisch. av. 4. t. 50. Habitat in China." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cacatua alba).
● ex “Cariama” of Marcgrave 1648 (Cariama).
● ex “Coucou huppé de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Coua).
● ex “Touraco géant” of Levaillant 1806 (Corythaeola).
● "48. CORVUS. ... cristatus. 8. C. tectricibus alarum lineis transversis nigris, corpore cæruleo, collari nigro. Pica glandaria cærulea cristata. Catesb. car. p. 15. t. 15. Habitat in America septentrionali. Præcedenti in multis assimilans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Cyanocitta).
● ex “Foulque de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 797, “Grande Foulque à crête” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Crested Coot” of Latham 1785 (Fulica).
● "93. ALAUDA. ... cristata. 6. A. rectricibus nigris: extimis duabus margine exteriori albis, capite cristato. Alauda cristata major. Raj. av. 69. Will. orn. 151. t. 40. Olin. av. 13. Alb. av. 3. p. 48. t. 52. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 18. Habitat in Europæ viis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Galerida).
● ex “Crested Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gallicrex cinerea).
● ex “Phasianus cristatus Indicus” of Brisson 1760, and “Great Crowned Indian Pigeon” of Edwards 1761 (Goura).
● ex “Crestudo amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 129 (Gubernatrix).
● ex “Crested Falcon” of Dillon 1780, and “Caracca Falcon” of Latham 1781 (syn. Harpia harpyja).
● ex “Hirondelle Huppé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 247 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Crested Duck” of Latham 1785 (syn. Lophonetta specularioides).
● ex “Chouette à Aigrette Blanc” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 43 (Lophostrix).
● ex “Courlis huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 841, and “Courlis huppé” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lophotibis).
● ex “Spatule huppée de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Platalea alba).
● ex “Rouloul de Malacca” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Lesser crowned Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (syn. Rollulus rouloul).
● ex “Muscicapa senegalensis cristata” of Brisson 1760, “Gobe-mouche huppé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 573, fig. 2, and “Crested Senegal Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Terpsiphone viridis).
● "88. MELEAGRIS. ... cristata. 2. M. capite pennis erectis cristato, temporibus violaceis. Quan s. Guan. Edw. av. 13. t. 13. Jacupema. Marcgr. bras. 198. Coxolitli. Hern. mex. . . Phasianus brasiliensis. Raj. av. 56. Habitat in America australi. Gula caruncula compressa rubra ut in antecedente, capite supra crista oblonga pennacea." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; composite).
● "96. LOXIA. ... cristata. 7. L. albicans, fronte cristata, uropygio pedibusque rubris, rectricibus intermediis longissimis. Habitat in Æthiopia. J. Burmannus. Avis inter maximas sui generis. Crista Maris rubra, Feminæ alba. Pectus in mare rubrum. Rectrices cinereæ: intermediæ duæ duplo longiores." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
● ex “Bec-de-Fer” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 79 (Sparactes; artefact).
● see cristatus
SUBSPECIES
Crested Owl (stricklandi)
SCI Name: Lophostrix cristata stricklandi
stricklandi / stricklandii
Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-1853) British geologist, zoologist, co-ordinator of the Strickland Code, 1842 (?syn. Apalis rufogularis, syn. Ardenna grisea, syn. Cercomela tractrac albicans, Chrysocolaptes, syn. Fulica leucoptera, Gallinago, subsp. Kittacincla malabarica, Leuconotopicus, subsp. Lophostrix cristata, subsp. Loxia curvirostra (ex Loxia mexicana Strickland, 1851)).
Crested Owl (wedeli)
SCI Name: Lophostrix cristata wedeli
wedeli
Hans von Wedel (fl. 1941) German collector in Panama 1926-1930, 1940-1941 (subsp. Lophostrix cristata).
Crested Owl (cristata)
SCI Name: Lophostrix cristata cristata
cristata
L. cristatus crested, plumed, tufted < crista crest, plume, tuft. This epithet refers not only to obvious coronal crests of various shapes and sizes, but also to frontal knobs, ear tufts, and upstanding rictal bristles or feathers.
● ex “Alcedo amboinensis cristata” of Seba 1734, and “Ispida philippensis cristata” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Alcedo vintsioides).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... cristatus. 16. P. brachyurus albus, crista dependente flava. Psittacus albus cristatus. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 4. Will. ornith. . . Raj. av. 30. Seb. mus. I. p. 94. t. 59. f. 1. Alb. av. 3. p. 12. t. 12. Edw. av. 160. t. 160. Frisch. av. 4. t. 50. Habitat in China." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cacatua alba).
● ex “Cariama” of Marcgrave 1648 (Cariama).
● ex “Coucou huppé de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Coua).
● ex “Touraco géant” of Levaillant 1806 (Corythaeola).
● "48. CORVUS. ... cristatus. 8. C. tectricibus alarum lineis transversis nigris, corpore cæruleo, collari nigro. Pica glandaria cærulea cristata. Catesb. car. p. 15. t. 15. Habitat in America septentrionali. Præcedenti in multis assimilans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Cyanocitta).
● ex “Foulque de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 797, “Grande Foulque à crête” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Crested Coot” of Latham 1785 (Fulica).
● "93. ALAUDA. ... cristata. 6. A. rectricibus nigris: extimis duabus margine exteriori albis, capite cristato. Alauda cristata major. Raj. av. 69. Will. orn. 151. t. 40. Olin. av. 13. Alb. av. 3. p. 48. t. 52. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 18. Habitat in Europæ viis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Galerida).
● ex “Crested Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gallicrex cinerea).
● ex “Phasianus cristatus Indicus” of Brisson 1760, and “Great Crowned Indian Pigeon” of Edwards 1761 (Goura).
● ex “Crestudo amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 129 (Gubernatrix).
● ex “Crested Falcon” of Dillon 1780, and “Caracca Falcon” of Latham 1781 (syn. Harpia harpyja).
● ex “Hirondelle Huppé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 247 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Crested Duck” of Latham 1785 (syn. Lophonetta specularioides).
● ex “Chouette à Aigrette Blanc” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 43 (Lophostrix).
● ex “Courlis huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 841, and “Courlis huppé” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lophotibis).
● ex “Spatule huppée de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Platalea alba).
● ex “Rouloul de Malacca” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Lesser crowned Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (syn. Rollulus rouloul).
● ex “Muscicapa senegalensis cristata” of Brisson 1760, “Gobe-mouche huppé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 573, fig. 2, and “Crested Senegal Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Terpsiphone viridis).
● "88. MELEAGRIS. ... cristata. 2. M. capite pennis erectis cristato, temporibus violaceis. Quan s. Guan. Edw. av. 13. t. 13. Jacupema. Marcgr. bras. 198. Coxolitli. Hern. mex. . . Phasianus brasiliensis. Raj. av. 56. Habitat in America australi. Gula caruncula compressa rubra ut in antecedente, capite supra crista oblonga pennacea." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; composite).
● "96. LOXIA. ... cristata. 7. L. albicans, fronte cristata, uropygio pedibusque rubris, rectricibus intermediis longissimis. Habitat in Æthiopia. J. Burmannus. Avis inter maximas sui generis. Crista Maris rubra, Feminæ alba. Pectus in mare rubrum. Rectrices cinereæ: intermediæ duæ duplo longiores." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
● ex “Bec-de-Fer” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 79 (Sparactes; artefact).
● see cristatus
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