Pharaoh Eagle-Owl / Bubo ascalaphus
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bubo Ascalaphus Descr.Egypte 1 p.110 pl.3 fig.2
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Bubo
Taxonomy Code: pheowl1
Type Locality: Upper Egypt.
Author: Savigny
Publish Year: 1809
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BUBO
(Strigidae; Ϯ Great Eagle Owl B. bubo) Specific name Strix bubo Linnaeus, 1758; "Les oiseaux NOCTURNES (nocturni) ont quelques rapports avec les chats, par la grandeur et la direction des yeux. Ils voient parfaitement dans l'obscurité et peu pendant le jour. La plupart ont au-devant de la tête une sorte de collerette de plumes sans barbules qui leur tient lieu d'oreilles externes. ... 2. Les ducs (bubo) sont les espèces de chouettes à oreilles de Linné. ... Ces oiseaux ne se nourrissent que de petits animaux, qu'ils épient à la manière des chats. La plupart ont les pattes couvertes d'un duvet laineux; et leurs pennes sont si molles qu'à peine entend-on le bruit qu'elles produisent en volant. Leur voix est rauque, désagréable, et leurs couleurs sombres." (Duméril 1806); "Bubo Duméril, Zool. Analytique, 1806, p. 34. Type, by tautonymy, Strix bubo Linné." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 110).
Var. Bube, Pubo.
Synon. Aibryas, Ascalaphia, Asio, Bubotus, Byas, Etoglaux, Feliceps, Glaux, Haemeria, Heliaptex, Huhua, Leuchybris, Megaptynx, Mesomorpha, Nisuella, Nyctaetus, Nyctea, Pachyptynx, Ptiloskelos, Stringonax, Syrnium, Ulula, Urrua.
bubo
L. bubo, bubonis eagle owl < Gr. βυας buas eagle owl; "42. STRIX. ... Bubo. 1. S. capite auriculato, corpore ruffo. Fn. svec. 45. Bubo. Bell. av. 25. a. Gesn.av. 234. Aldr. orn. l. 8. c. 2. Will. orn. 62. Alb. av. 2. p. 9. t. 9. Frisch. av. t. 93. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Bubo).
ascalaphus
Gr. ασκαλαφος askalaphos bird mentioned by Aristotle, usually identified as a sort of owl (Gr. myth. Ascalaphus, son of Acherone and Orphne, was changed into a screech owl by Proserpine, queen of the Stygian realms, because he informed on her to Zeus and Pluto) (Bubo).
Ascalaphus
(Strigidae; syn. Asio † Long-eared Owl A. otus) Gr. ασκαλαφος askalaphos bird mentioned by Aristotle, usually identified as a sort of owl; "Ascalaphus auritus, Long-eared Owl. Ascalaphus subauritus, Short-eared Owl." (F. Morris 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Ascalaphus F. O. Morris, 1837, The Naturalist (ed. N. Wood), II (9), p. 123. New name for Asio Brisson, 1760." (JAJ 2021) (see Seiren).
● see Ascalaphia
SUBSPECIES
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Pharaoh)
SCI Name: Bubo ascalaphus ascalaphus
ascalaphus
Gr. ασκαλαφος askalaphos bird mentioned by Aristotle, usually identified as a sort of owl (Gr. myth. Ascalaphus, son of Acherone and Orphne, was changed into a screech owl by Proserpine, queen of the Stygian realms, because he informed on her to Zeus and Pluto) (Bubo).
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Desert)
SCI Name: Bubo ascalaphus desertorum
desertorum
L. desertorum of the deserts < desertum desert < deserere to abandon.
● ex “Rougri” of Levaillant 1797, pl. 17 (French homophone roux red; gris grey) (?syn. Buteo vulpinus).
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)