African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Murray D. Bruce and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2015
Text last updated October 28, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grasuil |
| Catalan | òliba camallarga del Cap |
| Czech | sova travní |
| Dutch | Kaapse Grasuil |
| English | African Grass-Owl |
| English (Kenya) | Grass Owl |
| English (United States) | African Grass-Owl |
| French | Effraie du Cap |
| French (France) | Effraie du Cap |
| German | Kapgraseule |
| Japanese | ミナミメンフクロウ |
| Norwegian | gresslørugle |
| Polish | płomykówka ziemna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Coruja-do-capim |
| Russian | Луговая сипуха |
| Serbian | Afrička livadska kukuvija |
| Slovak | plamienka trávna |
| Spanish | Lechuza de El Cabo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lechuza de El Cabo |
| Swedish | afrikansk gräsuggla |
| Turkish | Afrika Çayır Baykuşu |
| Ukrainian | Сипуха африканська |
Tyto capensis (Smith, 1834)
PROTONYM:
Strix Capensis
Smith, 1834. South African Quarterly Journal ser. 2, 4, pt. 1, p.317.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Africa, restricted type locality fixed as Cape Town by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 158.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYTO
- capense / capensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the African Grass-Owl
