Richard Klim
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Ref. König, C. & Weick, F. 2008. Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London.
Taxonomic changes at species level and above (wrt the first edition, 1999) are summarised below.
Generic reassignments:
Taxonomic changes at species level and above (wrt the first edition, 1999) are summarised below.
Generic reassignments:
- Otus flammeolus – to Philoscops
- Otus (all other New World sp) – to Megascops
- Nyctea scandiaca – to Bubo scandiacus
- Scotopelia – to Bubo
- Glaucidium radiatum – to Taenioglaux radiata
- Glaucidium castanonotum – to Taenioglaux castanonota
- Glaucidium cuculoides – to Taenioglaux
- Glaucidium castanopterum – to Taenioglaux castanoptera
- Glaucidium sjostedti – to Taenioglaux sjoestedti (sic)
- Glaucidium capense – to Taenioglaux
- Glaucidium castaneum – to Taenioglaux castanea
- Glaucidium albertinum – to Taenioglaux albertina
- Tyto furcata – ‘American Barn Owl’ – from T alba – (includes pratincola, tuidara, hellmayri, contempta)
- Tyto bargei – ‘Curaçao Barn Owl’ – from T alba
- Tyto insularis – ‘Lesser Antilles Barn Owl’ – from T alba – (includes nigrescens)
- Tyto punctatissima – ‘Galápagos Barn Owl’ – from T alba
- Tyto detorta – ‘Cape Verde Barn Owl’ – from T alba
- Tyto thomensis – ‘São Tomé Barn Owl’ – from T alba
- Tyto delicatula – ‘Australian Barn Owl’ – from T alba – (includes meeki, sumbaensis, interposita)
- Tyto crassirostris – ‘Boang Barn Owl’ – from T alba
- Phodilus assimilis – ‘Sri Lanka Bay Owl’ – from P badius
- Otus stresemanni – ‘Stresemann’s Scops Owl’ – from O spilocephalus
- Otus madagascariensis – ‘Torotoroka Scops Owl’ – from O rutilus
- Otus mayottensis – ‘Mayotte Scops Owl’ – from O rutilus
- Otus pamelae – ‘Arabian Scops Owl’ – from O senegalensis
- Otus socotranus – ‘Socotra Scops Owl’ – from O brucei
- Otus tempestatis – ‘Wetar Scops Owl’ – from O magicus
- Otus sulaensis – ‘Sula Scops Owl’ – from O magicus
- Otus kalidupae – ‘Kalidupa Scops Owl’ – from O manadensis
- Otus siaoensis – ‘Siau Scops Owl’ – from O manadensis
- Otus cnephaeus – ‘Singapore Scops Owl’ – from O lempiji
- Megascops pacificus – ‘Tumbes Screech Owl’ – from M roboratus
- Bubo vosseleri – ‘Usambara Eagle Owl’ – from B poensis
- Strix niasensis – ‘Nias Wood Owl’ – from S leptogrammica
- Strix nivicola – ‘Himalayan Wood Owl’ – from S aluco – (includes ma, yamadae)
- Strix squamulata – ‘Mexican Wood Owl’ – from S virgata – (includes tamaulipensis, centralis)
- Glaucidium cobanense – ‘Guatemalan Pygmy Owl’ – from G gnoma
- Glaucidium costaricanum – ‘Costa Rican Pygmy Owl’ – from G gnoma
- Taenioglaux etchecopari – ‘Etchécopar’s Owlet’ – from T capense
- Athene lilith – ‘Lilith Owlet’ – from A noctua
- Athene spilogastra – ‘Ethiopian Little Owl’ – from A noctua – (includes somaliensis)
- Ninox lurida – ‘Red Boobook’ – from N boobook
- Ninox leucopsis – ‘Tasmanian Boobook’ – from N boobook
- Asio galapagoensis – ‘Galápagos Short-eared Owl’ – from A flammeus
- Otus thilohoffmanni – ‘Serendib Scops Owl’ – Warakagoda & Rasmussen 2004
- Glaucidium sicki – ‘Sick’s Pygmy Owl’ – König & Weick 2005
- Ninox sumbaensis – ‘Little Sumba Hawk Owl’ – Olsen, Wink, Sauer-Gürth & Trost 2002
- Ninox burhani – ‘Togian Hawk Owl’ – Indrawan & Somadikarta 2004
- Ninox ios – ‘Cinnabar Hawk Owl’ – Rasmussen 1999
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