Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (3)
R. J. Gutiérrez, A. B. Franklin, and W. S. Lahaye
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1995
Text last updated January 1, 1995
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Петниста улулица |
| Catalan | gamarús pigallat |
| Czech | puštík západní |
| Dutch | Gevlekte Bosuil |
| English | Spotted Owl |
| English (United States) | Spotted Owl |
| French | Chouette tachetée |
| French (France) | Chouette tachetée |
| German | Fleckenkauz |
| Icelandic | Blettaugla |
| Japanese | ニシアメリカフクロウ |
| Norwegian | flekkugle |
| Polish | puszczyk plamisty |
| Russian | Пятнистая неясыть |
| Serbian | Pegava američka sova |
| Slovak | sova škvrnitá |
| Spanish | Cárabo Californiano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Búho Moteado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cárabo californiano |
| Swedish | fläckuggla |
| Turkish | Benekli Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сова плямиста |
Strix occidentalis (Xántus, 1860)
PROTONYM:
Syrnium occidentale
Xántus, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11(1859), p.193.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fort Tejon, California.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STRIX
- occidentale / occidentalis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Spotted Owl.
Its distribution is extremely local and fragmentary in southern California and Mexico.
