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Lesser Eagle-Owl

Otus gurneyi (Tweeddale, A 1879)

The giant scops owl, lesser eagle-owl or the Mindanao eagle-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. In size and structure, it is considered intermediate between a scops owl and an eagle-owl. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Otus
Scientific:
  Otus gurneyi

Original description

Citation:
  (Tweeddale, A 1879)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1878), Part 4 p. 940 pl.58

Protonym:
  Pseudoptynx gurneyi

Type locality:
  Zamboanga, Mindanao.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519658

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D3CA5C262E420178

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D3CA5C26

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D3CA5C26

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 202271


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Otus gurneyi: S Philippines (Mindanao, Dinagat and Siargao)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Lesser Eagle-Owl
Catalan:
Xot gegant
Czech:
výreček obří
Danish:
Mindanaohornugle
German:
Rot-Zwergohreule
Spanish:
Búho de Mindanao
Spanish (Spain):
Búho de Mindanao
Finnish:
pisarapöllönen
French:
Petit-duc de Gurney
Croatian:
veliki ćuk
Hungarian:
óriás füleskuvik
Italian:
Gufo reale di Mindanao
Japanese (romaji):
onikonohazuku
Japanese:
オニコノハズク
Lithuanian:
Didysis apuokėlis
Dutch:
Grote Dwergooruil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Dråpeugle
Norwegian:
Dråpeugle
Polish:
syczek wielki
Portuguese:
Mocho-de-gurney
Portuguese (Portugal):
mocho-d'orelhas-gigante
Russian:
Гигантская совка
Slovak:
výrik veľký
Serbian:
Veliki ćuk
Swedish:
Gurneys dvärguv
Ukrainian:
Сплюшка велика
Chinese:
巨角鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
民答那峨鵰鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Petit-duc de Gurney ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Petit-duc de Gurney ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Mindanao Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Giant Scops-owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Giant Scops-owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Giant Scops Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Giant Scops-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Mindanao Eagle Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Mimizuku gurneyi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Mimizuku gurneyi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Mimizuku gurneyi [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Lesser Eagle-Owl ( Mimizuku gurneyi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Giant Scops Owl ( Otus gurneyi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Mimizuku gurneyi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Mimizuku gurneyi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: iri bayquşcuq
Bengali: ফৃ঴ৎ চনভ঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): br̥haṯ nimapyām̐cā*
Catalan: Xot gegant
Cebuano: mingok
Montenegrin: veliki ćuk, велики ћук
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велики ћук
Czech: výreček obří, Výrík obrí
Danish: Mindanaohornugle
German: Rotohreule, Rot-Zwergohreule
English: Giant Scopes Owl, Giant Scops Owl, Giant Scops-Owl, Lesser Eagle Owl, Lesser Eagle-Owl, Mindanao Eagle Owl, Mindanao Eagle-Owl, Mindanao owl
English (United Kingdom): Giant Scops Owl
English, HBW: Giant Scops-owl
English (IOC): Giant Scops Owl
English (United States): Giant Scops-Owl
Esperanto: Mindanaa aglostrigo
Spanish: Búho de Mindanao, Lechuzón Gigante
Spanish (Spain): Búho de Mindanao
Spanish (HBW): Giant Scops-Owl
Estonian: hiidpäll
Finnish: Pisarapöllönen
French: Hibou de Gurney, Petit-duc de Gurney
Croatian: veliki ćuk
Hungarian: óriás füleskuvik
Italian: Assiolo gigante del Gurney, Gufo reale di Mindanao
Japanese (romaji): onikonohazuku
Japanese: オニコノハズク
Kazakh: қызылқұлақ жапалақ
Kirghiz: кызыл кулак үкү, Филиппин бабырганы
Scientific: Mimizuku gurneyi, Mimizuku gurneyi gurneyi, Otus gurneyi, Pseudoptynx gurneyi
Lithuanian: Didysis apuokėlis
Maltese: kokka-ajkla ż-żgħira
Dutch: Grote Dwergooruil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Dråpeugle
Norwegian: Dråpeugle
Polish: syczek wielki
Portuguese: Mocho-de-gurney
Portuguese (Portugal): mocho-d'orelhas-gigante
Russian: Гаитянская Совка, Гигантская совка, Красноухая совка, Совка гигантская, совка Минданао, Филиппинская совка
Slovak: výrik veľký
Slovenian: Lesserjeva uharica
Serbian: Džinovski ćuk, Veliki ćuk
Swedish: Gurneys dvärguv, Jättedvärguv
Turkish: Gurney ishakkuşu, Gurney İshakkuşu
Ukrainian: Сплюшка велика
Chinese: 巨角鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 民答那峨鵰鴞

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