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Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl

Asio [otus or abyssinicus] (= Asio otus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Asio
Scientific:
  Asio otus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.92

Protonym:
  Strix Otus

Type locality:
  Europe, restricted type locality = Sweden, ex Faun. Svec.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/110/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  545B160D799E361D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-545B160D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/545B160D


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177932

Geographic range:

  • Asio otus otus: Europe, Asia, and North Africa
  • Asio otus canariensis: Canary Islands
  • Asio otus wilsonianus: south-central and southeastern Canada to south-central USA
  • Asio otus tuftsi: western Canada to northwestern Baja California, southern Texas, and northern Mexico (Nuevo León)
  • Asio abyssinicus abyssinicus: highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia
  • Asio abyssinicus graueri: Rwenzori Mountains (northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern Uganda), Mount Kabobo (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Mount Kenya (Kenya)
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English:
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl
French:
Hibou moyen-duc ou H. d'Abyssinie


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl ( Asio [otus or abyssinicus])
Clements 1st edition:
Long-eared Owl ( Asio otus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Arabic: البومة طويلة الأذن
Asturian: Tubeca
Azerbaijani: Qulaqlı bayquş
Belarusian: Вушатая сава
Bulgarian: Горска ушата сова
Breton: Ar penn kazh
Catalan: Mussol banyut
Catalan (Balears): Mussol banyut
Czech: kalous ušatý
Chuvash: Хăлхаллă тăмана
Welsh: Tylluan gorniog
Danish: Skovhornugle
German: Waldohreule
Greek: Νανόμπουφος
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκόθουπος
English: Long-eared or Abyssinian Owl, Long-eared Owl
Esperanto: orelstrigo
Spanish: Búho Chico
Spanish (Cuba): Búho
Spanish (Mexico): búho cara café
Estonian: Kõrvukräts
Basque: Hontza ertaina
Finnish: sarvipöllö
Faroese: Kattúla
French: Hibou moyen-duc, Hibou moyen-duc ou H. d'Abyssinie
Frisian: hoarnûle
Irish: Ceann Cait
Gaelic: Comhachag Adharcaiche
Galician: Bufo pequeno
Manx: Hullad
Hebrew: ינשוף עצים
Croatian: Mala Ušara
Hungarian: Erdei fülesbagoly
Armenian: Ականջավոր Բու
Icelandic: Eyrugla
Italian: Gufo comune
Japanese (romaji): torafuzuku
Japanese: トラフズク
Japanese (Kanji): 虎斑木菟
Georgian: ოლოლი
Khakas: Чаба хулах
Kazakh: Құлақты жапалақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): qulaqtı japalaq
Korean: 칡부엉이
Korean (Transliteration): chirk-bueongi
Cornish: Ula kernek
Scientific: Asio [otus or abyssinicus], Asio otus, Asio otus otus, Strix Otus
Luxembourgish: Bëscheil
Lithuanian: mažasis apuokas
Latvian: ausaina puce
Macedonian: Шумски ушест (Мал) був
Mongolian: Явлиг
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠰᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣᠩ ᠭᠣᠢᠢᠪᠢᠩᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠴᠣᠷᠳᠣᠩ ᠶᠠᠪᠯᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Цордон явлаг
Mongolian (Transliteration): sootoŋ guivaŋg
Maltese: Qattus
Nepali: लामकाने लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch: Ransuil
Norwegian: Hornugle
Polish: uszatka zwyczajna
Pinyin: cháng-ěr māo-tóu-yīng
Portuguese: Bufo-pequeno
Romansh: Piv mesaun
Romanian: ciuf
Russian: Сова ушастая
Sardinian: Cuccumeu
Scots: Cailleach-oidhche
Northern Sami: Bealljeloađgu
Slovak: myšiarka ušatá
Slovenian: mala uharica
Albanian: Bufi veshëgjatë
Serbian: mala ušara
Swedish: Hornuggla
Turkmen: kulaklı orman baykuşu
Turkish: Kulaklı orman baykuşu
Tuvinian: Мыйыстыг инек-сокпа
Ukrainian: Вухата сова
Chinese: 長耳鴞, 长耳鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 長耳鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 長耳鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 長耳鴞

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