Spectacled Owl

SCI Name:  Pulsatrix perspicillata
Protonym:  Strix perspicillata IndexOrn. 1 p.58
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Pulsatrix
Taxonomy Code:  speowl1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PULSATRIX
(Strigidae; Ϯ Spectacled Owl P. perspicillata pulsatrix) Specific name Strix pulsatrix zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820; "Gen. Syrnium Sav. (1809.)  ...  d) Subg. Pulsatrix, Kp.  14. torquatum Daud., Vaill. t. 42., superciliosa Shaw. Gen. Zool. pl. 32., pulsatrix Pr. Max. ? Subspecies, perspicillata Lath. (juv.) Vaill. t. 44.   S.-Am." (Kaup 1848); "Subgenus. Pulsatrix, Kp.  Ohröffnung kleiner als das orangefarbige Auge und ohne Operculum. Schnabel stark, so hoch wie lang. Zehen bis zu den Nägeln befiedert. 1ste bis zur 5ten mehr nach der Wurzel hin ausgeschnitten.  14. Syrnium torquatum, Kp." (Kaup 1851); "Pulsatrix Kaup, Isis von Oken, 1848, col. 771. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Strix torquata Daudin = Strix perspicillata Latham." (Peters 1940, IV, 124).
Synon. Novipulsatrix.

pulsatrix
Mod. L. pulsatrix, pulsatricis  female attacker  < Med. L. pulsator, pulsatoris  attacker  < L. pulsator, pulsatoris  beater  < pulsare  to beat  < pellere  to strike.

perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus  spectacled  < L. perspicillum  lens, spectacle  < perspicere  to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS.  ...  perspicillata.  22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares.  Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155.  Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).

SUBSPECIES

Spectacled Owl (saturata)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata
saturata
L. saturatus  richly coloured, darker coloured  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.

Spectacled Owl (chapmani)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata chapmani
chapmani
Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) US ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology AMNH 1908-1942, collector (Calidris, Chaetura, subsp. Chordeiles minor, subsp. Conopophaga castaneiceps, syn. Crax rubra, subsp. Formicivora rufa, syn. Gallinago jamesoni, syn. Hemispingus melanotis piurae, subsp. Hydrobates leucorhous, subsp. Mecocerculus leucophrys, subsp. Micropygia schomburgkii, subsp. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Myiothlypis coronata, syn. Odontophorus gujanensis marmoratus, syn. Pachyramphus polychopterus dorsalis, subsp. Patagioenas plumbea, syn. Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis,  Pogonotriccus, subsp. Pulsatrix perspicillata, subsp. Pyrrhura melanura, subsp. Schistes geoffroyi, subsp. Sicalis luteola, syn. Synallaxis brachyura nigrofumosa).

Spectacled Owl (perspicillata)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata perspicillata
perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus  spectacled  < L. perspicillum  lens, spectacle  < perspicere  to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS.  ...  perspicillata.  22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares.  Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155.  Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).

Spectacled Owl (trinitatis)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata trinitatis
trinitatis
Late L. Trinitas  the Holy Trinity  < L. trini  three together  < tres  three.
● Trinidad (Spanish Isla de la Trinidad  Island of the Holy Trinity) (syn. Coereba flaveola luteola, subsp. Colaptes rubiginosus, syn. Cyanerpes caeruleus longirostris, syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis flavipectus, Euphonia, subsp. Icterus nigrogularis, subsp. Manacus manacus, subsp. Myiopagis gaimardii, subsp. Pitangus sulphuratus, subsp. Pulsatrix perspicillata, subsp. Ramphocaenus melanurus, subsp. Sakesphorus canadensis, subsp. Synallaxis albescens, subsp. Tangara guttata, subsp. Zentrygon linearis).
● La Trinidad, Benguet, northern Luzon, Philippines (syn. Ficedula hyperythra luzoniensis).
● South Trinidade I. (= Trindade), Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean (subsp. Fregata ariel, syn. Pterodroma arminjoniana).
● El Valle de la Trinidad, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Toxostoma crissale).

Spectacled Owl (boliviana)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata boliviana
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).

Spectacled Owl (pulsatrix)
SCI Name: Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix
PULSATRIX
(Strigidae; Ϯ Spectacled Owl P. perspicillata pulsatrix) Specific name Strix pulsatrix zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820; "Gen. Syrnium Sav. (1809.)  ...  d) Subg. Pulsatrix, Kp.  14. torquatum Daud., Vaill. t. 42., superciliosa Shaw. Gen. Zool. pl. 32., pulsatrix Pr. Max. ? Subspecies, perspicillata Lath. (juv.) Vaill. t. 44.   S.-Am." (Kaup 1848); "Subgenus. Pulsatrix, Kp.  Ohröffnung kleiner als das orangefarbige Auge und ohne Operculum. Schnabel stark, so hoch wie lang. Zehen bis zu den Nägeln befiedert. 1ste bis zur 5ten mehr nach der Wurzel hin ausgeschnitten.  14. Syrnium torquatum, Kp." (Kaup 1851); "Pulsatrix Kaup, Isis von Oken, 1848, col. 771. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Strix torquata Daudin = Strix perspicillata Latham." (Peters 1940, IV, 124).
Synon. Novipulsatrix.