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Great Horned Owl (pallescens)
Bubo virginianus pallescens Stone, W 1897
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Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Bubo
Scientific:
Bubo virginianus pallescens
Classification
Order:Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Bubo
Scientific:
Bubo virginianus pallescens
Original description
Citation:
Stone, W 1897
Reference:
Amer. Nat.
31 p.237
Protonym:
Bubo virginianus pallescens
Type locality:
Watson Ranch, 18 miles southwest of San Antonio, Texas.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129415#page/279/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AF7AD9AFCE66CFF1
Avibase ID:
avibase-AF7AD9AF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AF7AD9AF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177893
Geographic range:
- Bubo virginianus pallescens: desert of central and southeastern California to Kansas and southern Mexico (Oaxaca)
Source: Clements checklist
Great Horned Owl (pallescens)
French:
Grand-duc d'Amérique (pallescens)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Horned Owl (pallescens) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Horned Owl (pallescens) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Horned Owl (pallescens) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Great Horned Owl (pallescens) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Horned Owl (Virginia) ( Bubo virginianus pallescens) |
| Avilist 2025: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo virginianus pallescens [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies
This taxon is a subspecies of
Bubo virginianus [pallescens or pinorum]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Virginischer Uhu
English: Great Horned Owl (pallescens), Great Horned Owl (Virginia), Pallid Great Horned Owl, Pallid Horned Owl, Virginia great horned owl, Western Horned Owl
Spanish: Búho común
French: Grand-duc d'Amérique (pallescens)
Italian: Gufo della Virginia razza chiara
Scientific: Bubo virginianus pallescens
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