Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Grasuil |
Catalan | òliba camallarga del Cap |
Czech | sova travní |
Dutch | Kaapse Grasuil |
English | African Grass-Owl |
English (Kenya) | Grass Owl |
English (United States) | African Grass-Owl |
French | Effraie du Cap |
French (France) | Effraie du Cap |
German | Kapgraseule |
Japanese | ミナミメンフクロウ |
Norwegian | gresslørugle |
Polish | płomykówka ziemna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Coruja-do-capim |
Russian | Луговая сипуха |
Serbian | Afrička livadska kukuvija |
Slovak | plamienka trávna |
Spanish | Lechuza de El Cabo |
Spanish (Spain) | Lechuza de El Cabo |
Swedish | afrikansk gräsuggla |
Turkish | Afrika Çayır Baykuşu |
Ukrainian | Сипуха африканська |
Tyto capensis (Smith, 1834)
PROTONYM:
Strix Capensis
Smith, 1834. South African Quarterly Journal ser. 2, 4, pt. 1, p.317.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Africa, restricted type locality fixed as Cape Town by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 158.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYTO
- capense / capensis
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis Scientific name definitions
Murray D. Bruce and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2015
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis
Authors
Murray D. Bruce and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Bruce, M.D. and J. S. Marks (2020). African Grass-Owl (Tyto capensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afgowl1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 28, 2015
- African Grass-owl Tyto capensis
Authors
Murray D. Bruce and Jeffrey S. Marks
Revisors
Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Bruce, M.D. and J. S. Marks (2015). African Grass-owl (Tyto capensis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.