Otus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Strigidae
Subfamilia: Striginae
Genus: Otus
Species: O. alfredi – O. alius – O. angelinae – O. bakkamoena – O. balli – O. beccarii – O. bikegila – O. brookii – O. brucei – O. capnodes – O. collari – O. cyprius – O. elegans – O. enganensis – O. everetti – O. feae – O. fuliginosus – O. gurneyi – O. hartlaubi – O. icterorhynchus – O. insularis – O. ireneae – O. jolandae – O. lempiji – O. lettia – O. longicornis – O. madagascariensis – O. magicus – O. manadensis – O. mantananensis – O. mayottensis – O. megalotis – O. mendeni – O. mentawi – O. mindorensis – O. mirus – O. moheliensis – O. nigrorum – O. pamelae – O. pauliani – O. pembaensis – O. podarginus – O. rufescens – O. rutilus – O. sagittatus – O. scops – O. semitorques – O. senegalensis – O. siaoensis – O. silvicola – O. socotranus – O. spilocephalus – O. sulaensis – O. sunia – O. tempestatis – O. thilohoffmanni – O. umbra
Species extintae (formerly in Mascarenotus): O. grucheti – O. murivorus – O. sauzieri
Species extintae: O. frutuosoi – O. mauli
Name
[edit]Otus Pennant, 1769
- Typus: Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769
Synonyms
[edit]- Scops Savigny, 1809
- Scopus Oken, 1817 (emend.)
- Pisorhina Kaup, 1848 Isis col. 769 BHL
- Ephialtes Keyserling & Blasius, 1851
- Lempijius Bonaparte, 1854
- Athenoptera Hume, 1870
- Gymnoscops Tristram, 1880
- Heteroscops Sharpe, 1889
- Mimizuku Hachisuka, 1934
- Pyrroglaux Yamashina, 1938
- Mascarenotus Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Moutou & Ribes, 1994
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Indian Zoology p. 3
Additional references
[edit]- Heidrich, P., König, C. & Wink, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the South American Otus atricapillus complex (Aves Strigidae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. 50c: 294–302. Full article (PDF)Reference page.
- Wink, M. & Heidrich, P. 1999. Molecular evolution and systematics of owls (Strigiformes). In: König, C.; Weick, F. & Becking, J.H. (eds.) Owls: A guide to the owls of the world. pp.39–57. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0-300-07920-6 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
- König, C., Weick, F., & Becking, J.-H. (2008). Owls of the World. Helm ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2.
- Melo, M., Freitas, B., Verbelen, P., da Costa, S.R., Pereira, H., Fuchs, J., Sangster, G., Correia, M.N., de Lima, R.F. & Crottini, A. 2022. A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus. ZooKeys 1126ː 1–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.87635 Reference page.
- Miranda, H.C., Jr., Brooks, D.M. & Kennedy, R.S.. 2011. Phylogeny and taxonomic review of Philippine lowland scops owls (Strigiformes): parallel diversification of highland and lowland clades. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123: 4441–454. DOI: 10.1676/10-185.1 PDF Reference page.
- Rando, J.C., Pieper, H., Alcover, J.A. & Olson, S.L. 2012. A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 3182: 29–42. Preview Reference page.
- Rando, J.C., Alcover, J.A., Olson, S.L. & Pieper, H. 2013. A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 3647(2): 343–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6 Reference page.
- Flint, P., Whaley, D., Kirwan, G.M., Charalambides, M., Schweizer, M. & Wink, M. 2015. Reprising the taxonomy of Cyprus Scops Owl Otus (scops) cyprius, a neglected island endemic. Zootaxa 4040(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Louchart, A., Bastian, F., Baptista, M., Guarino-Vignon, P., Hume, J.P., Jacot-des-Combes, C., Mourer-Chauviré, C., Hänni, C. & Ollivier, M. 2018. Ancient DNA reveals the origins, colonization histories, and evolutionary pathways of two recently extinct species of giant scops owl from Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands (Mascarene Islands, south-western Indian Ocean). Journal of Biogeography. 45 (12): 2678–2689. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13450 Reference page.
- Salter, J.F., Oliveros, C.H., Hosner, P.A., Manthey, J.D., Robbins, M.B., Moyle, R.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae). The Auk. 137 (ukz070). DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Zwergohreulen
Ελληνικά: Ώτος
English: Scops owls
español: Autillo
suomi: Pöllöset
עברית: שָׂעִיר
日本語: コノハズク属
lietuvių: Apuokėliai
Nederlands: Dwergooruilen
Türkçe: Cüce baykuş
中文: 角鸮属
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