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Strix virgata  (Cassin, 1849)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 686689

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ciccaba virgata (Cassin, 1849)
  
    Syrnium virgatum Cassin, 1849
  
  Common Name(s): Búho café [Spanish]
  
    Mottled Owl [English]
  
    coruja-do-mato [Portuguese]
  
    coruja-de-bigodes [Portuguese]
  
    Chouette mouchetée [French]
  
    Cárabo café [Spanish]
  
    coruja-listada [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                     SpeciesStrix virgata (Cassin, 1849) – Búho café, Mottled Owl, coruja-do-mato, coruja-de-bigodes, Chouette mouchetée, Cárabo café, coruja-listada  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata borelliana (A. W. Bertoni, 1901)  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata centralis (Griscom, 1929)  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata macconnelli (C. Chubb, 1916)  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata squamulata (Bonaparte, 1850)  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata superciliaris (Pelzeln, 1863)  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata tamaulipensis J. C. Phillips, 1911  
                                        Subspecies Strix virgata virgata (Cassin, 1849)  
       

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  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Búho café[Spanish]   
       
  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 virgata, Mottled Owl [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2017.06.15, website (version 15-Jun-17)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Strix virgata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, Richard C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., et al.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 120, no. 3   
  Page(s): 923-931   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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  Reference for: Strix virgata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
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  Reference for: Strix virgata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Strix virgata, Mottled Owl [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Howell, Steve N. G., Ian Lewington, and Will Russell  
  Publication Date: 2014   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rare Birds of North America   
  Page(s): xviii + 428   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780691117966   
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  Reference for: Strix virgata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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