Flammulated Owl / Psiloscops flammeolus
WBN 
Flammulated Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Scops (Megascops) flammeola Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p.111
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Psiloscops
Taxonomy Code: flaowl
Type Locality: Mexico.
Author: Kaup
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PSILOSCOPS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Flammulated Owl P. flammeolus) Gr. ψιλος psilos bare, smooth; genus Scops Brünnich, 1772, owl; "In my judgment, a large number of the subgenera now standing in the Check-List require to be restored or advanced to full generic rank, and some additional subgenera need to be recognized. I submit the following cases to the judgment of the committee: ... Subgenus Psiloscops nob. Type Scops flammeola Kaup." (Coues 1899). Although all other New World screech owls have been transferred to Megascops, the Flammulated Owl, considered closer to Otus, has been given its own genus.
flammeola / flammeolus
L. flammeolus flame-coloured, with flame-like markings, flammulated < flamma flame < flagrare to burn.
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)
