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Strix  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177920

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ciccaba Wagler, 1832
  
  Common Name(s): Earless Owls [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderStrigiformes  – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers  
                            FamilyStrigidae  – Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls  
                               SubfamilyStriginae   
                                  GenusStrix Linnaeus, 1758 – Earless Owls  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesStrix albitarsis (Bonaparte, 1850) – coruja-de-pés-brancos, Chouette fasciée, Cárabo patiblanco, Rufous-banded Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 – coruja-do-mato, Chouette hulotte, Cárabo común, Tawny Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix butleri (Hume, 1878) – coruja-da-palestina, Chouette d'Oman, Cárabo de Omán, Hume's Owl, Omani Owl, coruja-de-omã 
                                     SpeciesStrix chacoensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921 – Chaco Owl, Chouette du chaco, Cárabo chaqueño, coruja-do-chaco 
                                     SpeciesStrix fulvescens (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) – Chouette fauve, Cárabo guatemalteco, Búho leonado, Fulvous Owl, coruja-fulva 
                                     SpeciesStrix hadorami Kirwan, Schweizer & Copete, 2015 – Chouette de Hadoram, coruja-do-deserto, Cárabo árabe, Desert Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix huhula Daudin, 1800 – Black-banded Owl, coruja-preta, Chouette huhul, Cárabo negro 
                                     SpeciesStrix hylophila Temminck, 1825 – coruja-listrada, Chouette dryade, Cárabo brasileño, Rusty-barred Owl, coruja-de-barras-ruivas 
                                     SpeciesStrix leptogrammica Temminck, 1832 – coruja-de-madeira-marrom, Chouette leptogramme, Cárabo oriental, Brown Wood Owl, coruja-castanha 
                                     SpeciesStrix mauritanica (Witherby, 1905) – Maghreb Owl, Chouette du Maghreb, coruja-magrebina, Cárabo del Magreb 
                                     SpeciesStrix nebulosa J. R. Forster, 1772 – coruja-da-lapónia, coruja-cinzenta, Cárabo lapón, Great Gray Owl, chouette lapone, Great Grey Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix nigrolineata (P. L. Sclater, 1859) – coruja-alvinegra, Chouette à lignes noires, Cárabo blanquinegro, Black-and-white Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix nivicolum (Blyth, 1845) – Himalayan Owl, Chouette de l'Himalaya, Cárabo del Himalaya, coruja-dos-himalaias 
                                     SpeciesStrix occidentalis (J. Xántus, 1860) – coruja-pintalgada, coruja-pintada, Chouette tachetée, Cárabo californiano, Búho manchado, Spotted Owl 
                                     SpeciesStrix ocellata (R. P. Lesson, 1839) – Chouette ocellée, Cárabo ocelado, Mottled Wood Owl, coruja-ocelada 
                                     SpeciesStrix rufipes P. P. King, 1827 – Chouette masquée, Cárabo bataraz, Rufous-legged Owl, coruja-de-patas-vermelhas 
                                     SpeciesStrix sartorii (Ridgway, 1874) – Cinereous Owl, Chouette du Mexique, coruja-mexicana, Cárabo mexicano 
                                     SpeciesStrix seloputo Horsfield, 1821 – coruja-dos-pagodes, Chouette des pagodes, Cárabo de las pagodas, Spotted Wood Owl, coruja-malhada 
                                     SpeciesStrix uralensis Pallas, 1771 – coruja-dos-urales, Chouette de l'Oural, Cárabo uralense, Ural Owl, coruja-dos-urais 
                                     SpeciesStrix varia Barton, 1799 – coruja-barrada, Cárabo norteamericano, Búho listado, Barred Owl, chouette rayée 
                                     SpeciesStrix virgata (Cassin, 1849) – Búho café, Mottled Owl, coruja-do-mato, coruja-de-bigodes, Chouette mouchetée, Cárabo café, coruja-listada 
                                     SpeciesStrix woodfordii (A. Smith, 1834) – coruja-da-floresta, Chouette africaine, Cárabo africano, African Wood Owl 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Strix    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Strix    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Strix   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Strix   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.08.07, website (version 07-Aug-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Strix   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Strix   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linnaeus, Carolus   
  Publication Date: 1758   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 824   
  Publisher: Laurentii Salvii   
  Publication Place: Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN362053006 and http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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