Tyto [capensis or longimembris] (African or Eastern Grass-Owl)

African or Eastern Grass-Owl

Tyto [capensis or longimembris] (= Tyto capensis) (Smith, A 1834)

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto capensis

Original description

Citation:
(Smith, A 1834)

Reference:
S. Afr. Quart. J. ser. 2, 4, pt. 1 p.317

Protonym:
Strix Capensis

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968435

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
28BE8241AA65E9BF

Avibase ID:
avibase-28BE8241

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/28BE8241

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555359

Geographic range:

Tyto capensis capensis: Congo and northern Angola east to southern Uganda and western Kenya, then south from the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania to eastern South Africa
Tyto capensis cameroonensis: highlands of Cameroon
Tyto longimembris longimembris: India to Indochina, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, n and e Australia
Tyto longimembris chinensis: SE China (se Yunnan to Jiangsu) and Vietnam
Tyto longimembris pithecops: Taiwan
Tyto longimembris amauronota: Philippine Islands
Tyto longimembris papuensis: west central New Guinea (Baliem Valley), and eastern New Guinea (highlands of the Eastern Range, Huon Penins, Huon Peninsula, and Southeastern Peninsula)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
African or Eastern Grass-Owl
French:
Effraie du Cap ou E. de prairie

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Effraie du Cap ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: African Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Grass Owl ( Tyto capensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tyto capensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Grasuil
Bulgarian: Капска забулена сова
Catalan: Òliba camallarga del Cap
Cebuano: ngiwngiw
Czech: Sova travní
Danish: Kapslørugle
German: Afrika-Graseule, Kapgraseule
English: African Grass Owl, African or Eastern Grass-Owl, Grass Owl, Grass-Owl
Esperanto: Afrika turstrigo
Spanish: Lechuza de El Cabo
Estonian: rohtla-loorkakk
Finnish: Ruohopöllö
French: Chouette Effraie du Cap, Effraie du Cap, Effraie du Cap ou E. de prairie
Hungarian: fokföldi gyöngybagoly
Italian: Barbagianni delle erbe
Japanese (romaji): minamimenfukurou
Japanese: ミナミメンフクロウ
Korean: 가면올빼미
Kwangali: Suunsu
Scientific: Strix Capensis, Tyto [capensis or longimembris], Tyto capensis, Tyto capensis capensis
Lithuanian: Kapinė liepsnuotoji pelėda
Dutch: Kaapse Grasuil
Norwegian: Gresslørugle
Sotho, Northern: Makgohlo
Polish: plomykówka ziemna, płomykówka ziemna
Portuguese: Coruja dos campos
Russian: Капская сипуха, Сипуха травяная восточная
Slovak: plamienka trávna
Shona: Zizi
Sotho, Southern: Sephooko
Swedish: Gräsuggla, Kapgräsuggla
Swahili: Bundi-mbuga
Tswana: Lerubise
Tsonga: Musoho
Ukrainian: Сипуха африканська
Vietnamese: Cú lợn lưng nâu
Xhosa: Isikhova
Chinese: 草鸮, 草鴞, 草鸮, 非洲草鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲草鴞
Zulu: isiKhova