Javan Owlet / Glaucidium castanopterum
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Javan Owlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Strix castanoptera Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.140
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code: javowl1
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Horsfield
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GLAUCIDIUM
(Strigidae; Ϯ Northern Pygmy Owl G. passerinum) Gr. γλαυκιδιον glaukidion little owl, owlet < dim. γλαυξ glaux, γλαυκος glaukos owl; "IV. Fam. Strigidae ... Glaucidium: St. nana Tem; passerina Lin. u. a. m." (Boie 1826); "Glaucidium Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 970. Type, by subsequent designation, Strix passerina Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 6)." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 127).
Var. Gaucidium.
Synon. Microglaux, Microptynx, Noctua, Nyctipetes, Phalaenopsis, Smithiglaux, Taenioglaux, Taenioptynx.
castanoptera / castanopterum / castanopterus
Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Chesnut Coucal” of Latham 1822 (syn. Centropus sinensis).
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)
