White-browed Owl

SCI Name:  Athene superciliaris
Protonym:  Strix superciliaris Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 7 p.33
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Athene
Taxonomy Code:  whbowl1
Type Locality:  Forest at the bridge of the GuaporS, Matto Grosso.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ATHENE
(Strigidae; † Little Owl A. noctua) Gr. myth. Athene, goddess of wisdom, war and the liberal arts, whose favourite bird was the owl (γλαυξ glaux), an ancient association from her primitive role as goddess of the night; the Little Owl is depicted on ancient Athenian coins, and still features on the badge of that city; "3. Familie.  Tageulen, Surnia.   ...   17. Gattung. Athene.   32. passerina.   33. Tengmalmi.   34. acadica." (Boie 1822); "Athene Boie, Isis von Oken, 1822, Bd. 1, col. 549. Type, by subsequent designation, A. noctua (Retz.) Boie, Pl. enl. 439. Str. passerina Auct. = Strix noctua Scopoli. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 7.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 147).
Var. Althene, Athelle.
Synon. Carine, Cunistrix, Glaux, Noctua, Pholeoptynx, Speotyto.
• (Strigidae; syn. Megascops † Puerto Rican Screech Owl M. nudipes) "IV. Fam. Strigidae   ...   Athene: St. nudipes Daud. u.s.w." (Boie 1826); "Athene Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, XIX (x), col. 970.  Type, by monotypy, Strix nudipes Daudin, 1800." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Athena.

superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).