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Sri Lanka Bay-Owl

Phodilus assimilis Hume, AO 1877

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




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Tytonidae
Genus:
   Phodilus
Scientific:
  Phodilus assimilis


Original description

Citation:
  Hume, AO 1877

Reference:
   Stray Feathers 5 p.138

Protonym:
  Phodilus assimilis

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30121316


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D5D7DE6081C8833A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D5D7DE60

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D5D7DE60


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 1063231

Geographic range:

  • Phodilus assimilis assimilis: Sri Lanka
  • Phodilus assimilis ripleyi: SW India (Anaimalai-Nelliamathy Hills)
English:
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Catalan:
Òliba banyuda de Sri Lanka
Danish:
Sri Lanka-maskeugle
German:
Ceylonmaskeneule
Spanish:
Lechuza cornuda de Ceilán
Spanish (Spain):
Lechuza Cornuda de Ceilán
French:
Phodile de Ceylan
Croatian:
cejlonska kukuvija
Japanese (romaji):
surirankamenfukurou
Japanese:
スリランカメンフクロウ
Dutch:
Ceylonese Bruine Uil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Singaleserslørugle
Norwegian:
Singaleserslørugle
Polish:
puchówka cejlońska
Portuguese:
coruja-baia-cingalesa
Russian:
Цейлонская масковая сипуха
Slovak:
perlovka cejlónska
Serbian:
Cejlonska zalivska kukuvija
Swedish:
ceylonmaskuggla
Ukrainian:
лехуза цейлонська
Chinese:
斯里兰卡栗鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
斯里蘭卡栗鴞


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):
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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:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl ( Phodilus assimilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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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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Azerbaijani: Seylon maskalı alabayquşu
Catalan: Òliba banyuda de Sri Lanka
Danish: Sri Lanka-maskeugle
German: Ceylonmaskeneule, Sri Lanka-Maskeneule
English: Ceylon Bay-owl, Sri Lanka Bay Owl, Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
English, HBW: Sri Lanka Bay-owl
English (IOC): Sri Lanka Bay Owl
English (United States): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Spanish: Lechuza cornuda de Ceilán
Spanish (Spain): Lechuza Cornuda de Ceilán
Spanish (HBW): Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Estonian: tseiloni maskkakk
French: Phodile de Ceylan, Phodile du Sri Lanka
Croatian: cejlonska kukuvija
Japanese (romaji): surirankamenfukurou
Japanese: スリランカメンフクロウ
Scientific: Phodilus assimilis, Phodilus assimilis assimilis, Phodilus badius assimilis
Malayalam: റിപ്ലിമൂങ്ങ
Dutch: Ceylonese Bruine Uil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Singaleserslørugle
Norwegian: Singaleserslørugle
Polish: puchówka cejlońska
Portuguese: coruja-baia-cingalesa
Portuguese (Portugal): coruja-baia-do-ceilão
Russian: Цейлонская масковая сипуха
Slovak: perlovka cejlónska
Serbian: Cejlonska zalivska kukuvija, Zalivska kukuvija sa Šri Lanke
Swedish: ceylonmaskuggla
Turkish: Seylan maskeli baykuşu
Ukrainian: лехуза цейлонська
Chinese: 斯里兰卡栗鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 斯里蘭卡栗鴞

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