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Mottled Wood-Owl

Strix ocellata (Lesson, RP 1839)

The mottled wood owl is a species of large owl found in India. They are found in gardens and thin deciduous forests adjacent to dry thorn forests or farmland. They are easily detected by their distinctive tremulous eerie calls at dawn and dusk. The characteristic call is a duet of the male and female while other notes include a low hoot and a screech. Their large size, lack of "ear" tufts and the concentric barring on the face make them easy to identify. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Strix
Scientific:
  Strix ocellata

Original description

Citation:
  (Lesson, RP 1839)

Reference:
   Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 2 p.289

Protonym:
  Syrnium ocellatum

Type locality:
  Pondicherry.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299315

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  52A8CE5C3058123E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-52A8CE5C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/52A8CE5C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555426

Geographic range:

  • Strix ocellata ocellata: peninsular India
  • Strix ocellata grisescens: base of Himalayas (Pakistan to Rajasthan and Bihar)
  • Strix ocellata grandis: western India (Kathiawar Peninsula of southern Gujarat)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Mottled Wood-Owl
Catalan:
Gamarús ocel·lat
Czech:
puštík skvrnitý
Danish:
Vatret Natugle
German:
Mangokauz
Spanish:
Cárabo Ocelado
Spanish (Spain):
Cárabo Ocelado
Finnish:
intianpöllö
French:
Chouette ocellée
Croatian:
indijska sova
Hungarian:
mangóbagoly
Italian:
Allocco ocellato
Japanese (romaji):
indomorifukurou
Japanese:
インドモリフクロウ
Lithuanian:
Margoji pelėda
Dutch:
Indische Bosuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Hinduugle
Norwegian:
Hinduugle
Polish:
puszczyk falisty
Portuguese:
coruja-ocelada
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-ocelada
Russian:
Манговая неясыть
Slovak:
sova hájová
Serbian:
Mramorasta šumska sova
Swedish:
vattrad skogsuggla
Ukrainian:
Сова мангрова
Chinese:
白领林鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
白領林鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Chouette ocellée ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Chouette ocellée ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Mottled Wood-owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Mottled Wood Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Strix ocellata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Strix ocellata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Strix ocellata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Strix ocellata [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Strix ocellata [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: চচত্রা গাছ঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): citrā gāchapyām̐cā
Catalan: Gamarús ocel·lat
Czech: Puštík skvrnitý
Danish: Vatret Natugle
German: Mangokauz
English: Mottled Wood Owl, Mottled Wood-Owl
English, HBW: Mottled Wood-owl
English (IOC): Mottled Wood Owl
English (United States): Mottled Wood-Owl
Esperanto: Okulmakula strigo
Spanish: Cárabo Ocelado
Spanish (Spain): Cárabo Ocelado
Spanish (HBW): Mottled Wood-Owl
Estonian: salukakk
Finnish: Intianpöllö
French: Chouette indienne, Chouette ocellée
Croatian: indijska sova
Hungarian: mangóbagoly
Italian: Allocco marezzato, Allocco ocellato
Japanese (romaji): indomorifukurou
Japanese: インドモリフクロウ
Scientific: Strix ocellata, Strix ocellata ocellata, Syrnium ocellata, Syrnium ocellatum
Lithuanian: Margoji pelėda
Malayalam: കാലങ്കോഴി, കാലന്‍കോഴി
Marathi: चट्टेरी वन घुबड
Nepali: छिर्के उलूक
Dutch: Indische Bosuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hinduugle
Norwegian: Hinduugle
Polish: puszczyk falisty
Portuguese: coruja-ocelada
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-ocelada
Russian: Манговая неясыть
Slovak: sova hájová
Serbian: Mramorasta šumska sova
Swedish: Vattrad skogsuggla
Tamil: Pooripulli Aandhai
Turkish: Yazılı gri baykuş, Yazılı Orman Baykuşu
Ukrainian: Сова мангрова
Chinese: 白领林鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 白領林鴞

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