Red-chested Owlet

SCI Name:  Glaucidium tephronotum
Protonym:  Glaucidium tephronotum Ibis p.260
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code:  recowl1
Type Locality:  'Said to be from South America.'' error = West Africa. 1
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1875
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.

tephronota / tephronotum / tephronotus
Gr. τεφρος tephros  ash-coloured  < τεφρα tephra  ashes; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

SUBSPECIES

Red-chested Owlet (Western)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum tephronotum
tephronota / tephronotum / tephronotus
Gr. τεφρος tephros  ash-coloured  < τεφρα tephra  ashes; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

Red-chested Owlet (Pycraft's)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum pycrafti
pycrafti
William Plane Pycraft (1868-1942) English zoologist, osteologist (subsp. Corvus antipodum, subsp. Glaucidium tephronotum).

Red-chested Owlet (Eastern)
SCI Name: Glaucidium tephronotum medje
medje
Medje, Ituri District, Belgian Congo (= DR Congo).