Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli] (Mottled Owl (Amazonian))

Mottled Owl (Amazonian)

Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli] (= Strix virgata superciliaris) (Pelzeln, A 1863)

Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Strix
Scientific:
  Strix virgata superciliaris

Original description

Citation:
(Pelzeln, A 1863)

Reference:
Verh. (K.K.) Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien 13 p.1125

Protonym:
Syrnium superciliare

Type locality:
Brazil, i.e., Villa Bella de Matto Grosso on the Rio Guaporé cf. Hellmayr, Abh. K. Bay. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 26, 1912, p. 78.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/86027#page/1301/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
93CF628951C72E2E

Avibase ID:
avibase-93CF6289

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/93CF6289

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686994

English:
Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli]
Catalan:
gamarús cafè (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Czech:
puštík proměnlivý (ssp. superciliaris/macconnelli)
Danish:
Spættet Natugle (Amazonas)
German:
Sprenkelkauz (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish:
Cárabo Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Spain):
Cárabo café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Finnish:
viirumetsäpöllö (superciliaris/macconnelli)
French:
Chouette mouchetée [superciliaris ou macconnelli]
Croatian:
prugastoleđa sova (amazonska)
Icelandic:
Skógarugla (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Japanese (romaji):
nanbeihinafukurou (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Japanese:
ナンベイヒナフクロウ（superciliaris／macconnelli）
Dutch:
Bonte Bosuil (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Norwegian:
demonugle (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Polish:
puszczyk pstry (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Portuguese (Brazil):
coruja-do-mato (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Portuguese (Portugal):
coruja-listada (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Russian:
Крапчатая неясыть (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Slovak:
sova amazonská (skup.)
Serbian:
Amazonska pirgava sova
Swedish:
brunstrimmig uggla (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Ukrainian:
Сова-лісовик бура (підвид superciliaris/macconnelli)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli] ( Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli])
eBird version 1.55: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Strix virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Strix virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Strix virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Mottled Owl (Amazonian) ( Strix virgata superciliaris/macconnelli) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Strix virgata [virgata]

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Other synonyms

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German: Sprenkelkauz (superciliaris/macconnelli)
English: Mottled Owl (Amazonian), Mottled Owl [superciliaris or macconnelli]
English, HBW: Mottled Owl (Amazonian)
English (IOC): Mottled Owl (Amazonian)
English (United States): Mottled Owl (Amazonian)
Spanish: Búho Café (superciliaris/macconnelli), Cárabo Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Argentine): Lechuza Estriada (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Lechuza Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Ecuador): Búho Moteado (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Spain): Cárabo Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (HBW): Mottled Owl (Amazonian)
Spanish (Mexico): Búho Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Panama): Búho Café (superciliaris/macconnelli), Búho Moteado (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Peru): Búho Café (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Spanish (Paraguay): Lechuza estriada (superciliaris/macconnelli)
French: Chouette mouchetée (superciliaris), Chouette mouchetée [superciliaris or macconnelli], Chouette mouchetée [superciliaris ou macconnelli]
Icelandic: Skógarugla (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Japanese (romaji): nanbeihinafukurou (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Japanese: ナンベイヒナフクロウ (superciliaris/macconnelli), ナンベイヒナフクロウ（superciliaris／macconnelli）
Scientific: Ciccaba virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli], Ciccaba virgata superciliaris, Ciccaba virgata superciliaris/macconnelli, Strix virgata [superciliaris or macconnelli], Strix virgata superciliaris, Strix virgata superciliaris/macconnelli, Syrnium superciliare
Dutch: Bonte Bosuil (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Norwegian: demonugle (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Polish: puszczyk pstry (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Portuguese (Brazil): coruja-do-mato (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-listada (superciliaris/macconnelli), Mottled Owl (Amazonian)
Russian: Крапчатая неясыть (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Slovak: sova amazonská (skup.)
Swedish: brunstrimmig uggla (superciliaris/macconnelli)
Turkish: Benekli Alaca Baykuş (superciliaris/macconnelli)