The mottled owl is a medium-sized owl found in Central and South America from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. The head and back are mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat. The eyes are dark and the head is round and they do not have ear tufts. They are territorial and found in dry forests and jungles at altitudes of up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) above sea level. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Cassin, J 1849)
Reference:
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
4(1848) p.124
Protonym:
Syrnium virgatum
Type locality:
South America; restricted to Bogota, by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 288.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445387
Avibase ID:
192FC14D288B0F46
Avibase ID:
avibase-192FC14D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/192FC14D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686689
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Chouette mouchetée ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Chouette mouchetée ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2024: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ciccaba virgata [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ciccaba virgata [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ciccaba virgata [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Mottled Owl ( Ciccaba virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Mottled Owl ( Strix virgata) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Strix virgata [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Strix virgata [version 1] |
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