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Short-eared Owl (portoricensis)

Asio flammeus portoricensis Ridgway, R 1882

Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Asio
Scientific:
  Asio flammeus portoricensis

Original description

Citation:
  Ridgway, R 1882

Reference:
   Proc. U.S. Ntnl. Mus. 4, no.238 p.366

Protonym:
  Asio portoricensis

Type locality:
  North side of Puerto Rico.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53433#page/384/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BD6B138F6DC9678F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BD6B138F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BD6B138F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 687199

Geographic range:

  • Asio flammeus portoricensis: Puerto Rico
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Short-eared Owl (portoricensis)
French:
Hibou des marais (portoricensis)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Short-eared Owl (portoricensis) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Short-eared Owl (portoricensis) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Short-eared Owl (portoricensis) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Short-eared Owl (portoricensis) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican) ( Asio flammeus portoricensis)
Avilist 2025:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Asio flammeus portoricensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Asio flammeus [domingensis, cubensis or portoricensis]

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English: Porto Rican Short-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl (Porto Rican), Short-eared Owl (portoricensis)
French: Hibou de Puerto Rico, Hibou des marais (forme de Puerto Rico), Hibou des marais (portoricensis), Hibou des marais (Puerto Rico)
Scientific: Asio flammeus portoricensis, Asio portoricensis
Slovak: myšiarka portorická

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