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Eastern Grass-Owl

Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, TC 1839)

The eastern grass owl, also known as Chinese grass owl or Australian grass owl, is a species of owl in the family Tytonidae. They feed predominantly on small rodents. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Tyto
Scientific:
  Tyto longimembris

Original description

Citation:
  (Jerdon, TC 1839)

Reference:
   Madras J. Lit. Sci. 10, no.24 p.86

Protonym:
  Strix longimembris

Type locality:
  Neilgherries, near Coonoor, India.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176770#page/100/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8BF7742188B37800

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8BF77421

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8BF77421

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555360

Geographic range:

  • Tyto longimembris: grassland, marshes, and fields from lowlands to mountains of India, at least formerly eastward from Uttaranchal (northwestern India) and Indian Peninsula (but now mostly in northeastern India from Assam to Manipur), through southeastern Asia (except Malayan Peninsula) to eastern China (from Yunnan eastward to Shandong), thence southward through Taiwan, the Philippines, northeastern Borneo, Sulawesi including Wakatobi Archipelago (off southeast), and Flores and Sumba (central Lesser Sundas), thence eastward through New Guinea, Australia (mostly far northern and eastern), and New Caledonia
  • Tyto longimembris longimembris: India to Indochina, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, and northern and eastern Australia
  • Tyto longimembris chinensis: southeastern China (southeastern Yunnan to Jiangsu) and Vietnam
  • Tyto longimembris pithecops: Taiwan
  • Tyto longimembris amauronota: Philippines
  • Tyto longimembris papuensis: west-central New Guinea (Baliem Valley) and eastern New Guinea (highlands of the Eastern Range, Huon Peninsula, and southeastern Peninsula)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Eastern Grass-Owl
Catalan:
Òliba camallarga oriental
Czech:
sova zlatočerná
Danish:
Græsslørugle
German:
Graseule
Spanish:
Lechuza Patilarga
Spanish (Spain):
Lechuza patilarga
Finnish:
aasianruohopöllö
French:
Effraie de prairie
Croatian:
travnjačka kukuvija
Hungarian:
hosszúszárnyú gyöngybagoly
Italian:
Barbagianni australasiatico
Japanese (romaji):
higashimenfukurou
Japanese:
ヒガシメンフクロウ
Lithuanian:
rytinė liepsnotoji pelėda
Dutch:
Aziatische Grasuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Engslørugle
Norwegian:
Engslørugle
Polish:
płomykówka długonoga
Portuguese:
coruja-das-ervas
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-do-capim
Russian:
Травяная сипуха
Slovak:
plamienka dlhonohá
Serbian:
Australazijska livadska kukuvija
Swedish:
orientgräsuggla
Ukrainian:
Сипуха східна
Chinese:
草鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
草鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Eastern Grass Owl ( Tyto longimembris)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Effraie de prairie ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Common Grass Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Australasian Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Eastern Grass Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Eastern Grass Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Eastern Grass-owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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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 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Eastern Grass Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tyto longimembris [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tyto longimembris [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tyto longimembris [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tyto longimembris [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tyto [capensis or longimembris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Azerbaijani: otluq şərq alabayquşu, şərq otluq alabayquşu
Bengali: ি঄মস্ট্ররীয় ঘা঳ ঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): asṭrēlīẏa ghāsa pyām̐cā
Catalan: Òliba camallarga oriental
Cebuano: ngiwngiw
Czech: sova zlatočerná
Danish: Græsslørugle
German: Graseule, Östliche Graseule
English: Australasian Grass Owl, Australasian Grass-Owl, Australian Grass-Owl, Chinese Grass Owl, Common Grass Owl, Common Grass-Owl, Eastern Grass Owl, Eastern Grass-Owl, Grass Owl
English, HBW: Eastern Grass-owl
English (India): Australasian Grass-Owl (Grass Owl)
English (IOC): Eastern Grass Owl
English (United States): Australasian Grass-Owl
Esperanto: Longkrura turstrigo
Spanish: Lechuza de Campanario Asiática, Lechuza Patilarga
Spanish (Spain): Lechuza patilarga
Spanish (HBW): Australasian Grass-Owl
Estonian: padu-loorkakk
Finnish: aasianruohopöllö
French: Effraie de prairie
Croatian: travnjačka kukuvija
Hungarian: Füves bagoly, hosszúszárnyú gyöngybagoly
Indonesian: Burung Serak Padang, Serak Padang
Italian: Barbagianni australasiatico, Barbagianni erbe orientale
Japanese (romaji): higashimenfukurou, Higashi-men-fukurou, minami men-fukurō
Japanese: ヒガシメンフクロウ, ミナミメンフクロウ
Japanese (Kanji): 南面梟
Korean: 가면올빼미
Korean (Transliteration): gamyeon-olppaemi
Scientific: Aluco longimembris, S[trix] Longimembris, Strix candida, Strix candidus, Strix Capensis, Strix longimembris, Strix oustaleti, Tyto capensis, Tyto capensis capensis, Tyto capensis longimembris, Tyto longimembris, Tyto longimembris longimembris
Lithuanian: rytinė liepsnotoji pelėda, Rytinė liepsnuotoji pelėda
Malayalam: പുൽമൂങ്ങ
Nepali: घा“से लाटोकोसेरो
Dutch: Aziatische Grasuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Engslørugle
Norwegian: Engslørugle
Polish: plomykówka dlugonoga, płomykówka długonoga
Pinyin: cǎo-xiāo, hóu-miàn-yīng
Portuguese: coruja-das-ervas
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-do-capim
Russian: Восточная травяная сипуха, Манусская сипуха, Сипуха травяная восточная, Травяная восточная сипуха, Травяная Сипуха
Slovak: plamienka dlhonohá
Serbian: Australazijska livadska kukuvija
Swedish: Indonesisk gräsuggla, orientgräsuggla
Thai: นกแสกทุ่งหญ้า
Thai (Transliteration): nók sàeek tʰûŋ-yâa
Turkish: Doğu Çayır Baykuşu
Ukrainian: Сипуха східна
Vietnamese: Chim Cú lợn đồng cỏ, Chim Cú lợn lưng nâu, Cú lợn lưng nâu
Chinese: 猴面鹰, 草鴞, 草鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 猴面鷹, 草鴞, 草鴞〔東方草鴞〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 草鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 草鸮

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