The Sri Lanka bay owl is a species of bay owl in the family Tytonidae. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India. It was considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl but is now treated as a full species due to its distinctive call, plumage and disjunct distribution. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Hume, AO 1877
Reference:
Stray Feathers
5 p.138
Protonym:
Phodilus assimilis
Avibase ID:
D5D7DE6081C8833A
Avibase ID:
avibase-D5D7DE60
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D5D7DE60
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 1063231
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Sri Lanka Bay-owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Phodilus badius assimilis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Phodilus badius assimilis [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Sri Lanka Bay Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phodilus assimilis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Phodilus [badius or assimilis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
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