Megascops nudipes

Megascops nudipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Strigiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dracohors Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Classis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Strigiformes

Familia: Strigidae
Subfamilia: Striginae
Genus: Megascops
Species: Megascops nudipes
Subspecies: M. n. newtoni – M. n. nudipes

Dubious taxon or synonym: M. n. krugii [included in nudipes]

Name

Megascops nudipes (Daudin, 1800)

Synonyms

• Strix nudipes (protonym)
• Otus nudipes (Daudin, 1800)
• Gymnasio nudipes (Daudin, 1800)

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1800. Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie, ou histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Tome second. pp. 1–473. Paris. (Bertrandet). Original description p.199 BHL

References

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1854: Tableau des oiseaux de proie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (2), 6: 530–544.
• Cabanis, J. 1855. In: Dr. J.Gundlach's Beiträge zur Ornithologie Cuba's. Nach Mittheilungen des Reisenden an Hr. Bez.– Dir. Sezekorn in Cassel; von Letzterem zusammengestellt. Mit Zusätzen und Anmerkungen geordnet vom Herausgeber. Journal für Ornithologie 3(18): 465–480. DOI: 10.1007/bf02009761 BHLReference page. 
• Lawrence, G.N. 1860: Notes on some Cuban birds with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 7: 247–275.
• Olson, S.L.; Suárez, W. 2008: A new generic name for the Cuban bare-legged owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater and Salvin. Zootaxa, 1960: 67–68.

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rican Screech-owl
español: Autillo puertorriqueño; mucarito

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