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. vol.2, no.4, pt.1 p.317

Protonym:
Strix Capensis

Type locality:
South Africa, restricted type locality fixed as Cape Town by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 158.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54196#page/337/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
28BE8241AA65E9BF

Avibase ID:
avibase-28BE8241

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555359

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. 2023 (May 2023): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African or Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto [capensis or longimembris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): 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