Giant Scops Owl
Otus gurneyi(Tweeddale, A, 1879)
English (US) Giant Scops Owl
The Giant Scops Owl (Otus gurneyi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: southern Philippines (Mindanao, Dinagat, and Siargao)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Otus gurneyi
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Giant Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Tweeddale, A, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pseudoptynx gurneyi
- Described by
- (Tweeddale, A, 1879)
- Type locality
- Zamboanga, Mindanao.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878, pt.4 p.940 pl.58
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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