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The year 2015 in birding and ornithology.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barred owl</span> Species of owl

The barred owl, also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix, which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy. Barred owls are largely native to eastern North America, but have expanded their range to the west coast of North America where they are considered invasive. Mature forests are their preferred habitat, but they can also acclimatise to various gradients of open woodlands. Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, but this species is an opportunistic predator and is known to prey upon other small vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as a variety of invertebrates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Desert owl</span> Species of owl

The desert owl or desert tawny owl, formerly known as Hume's owl, is a species of owl. It is closely related to the more widespread tawny owl and to the range-restricted Omani owl.

<i>Scytalopus</i> Genus of birds

Scytalopus is a genus of small suboscine passerine birds belonging to the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. They are found in South and Central America from Tierra del Fuego to Costa Rica, but are absent from the Amazon Basin. They inhabit dense vegetation at or near ground-level and are mainly found in mountainous regions, particularly the Andes. They can be very difficult to see as they run through the undergrowth in a mouse-like fashion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paramo tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The Paramo tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in the Andes of Ecuador and southern Colombia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omani owl</span> Species of owl

The Omani owl is an owl of the genus Strix found in shrubland and rocky areas of Oman, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. It was discovered in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo or Boa Nova tapaculo is a species of passerine bird native to Bahia, Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perijá tapaculo</span> Passerine bird in Rhinocryptidae family, endemic to Colombia and Venezuela

The Perijá tapaculo is a species of passerine bird in the family Rhinocryptidae (tapaculos). Endemic to the Serranía del Perijá mountain range on the Colombia–Venezuela border, the Perijá tapaculo is found at altitudes of 1,600–3,225 metres. Its body is 10 to 12 centimetres long and its tail is about 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Specimens have long been stored in museums, but the species was described only in 2015 based on sixteen specimens found between July 2008 and February 2009. It is considered vulnerable to extinction.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sierra de Perijá National Park</span>

Sierra de Perijá National Park, also known as Perijá National Park, is a protected area in Venezuela. It is located in the Serranía de Perijá mountains on the border with Colombia, to the southwest of Zulia state and Lake Maracaibo. The park was established in 1978 with the objective of protecting the hilly regions.

The year 2013 in birding and ornithology.

The year 2010 in birding and ornithology.

The year 2014 in birding and ornithology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tatama tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The Tatama tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to western Colombia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jalca tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The jalca tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ampay tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The Ampay tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loja tapaculo</span> Species of bird

The Loja tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae that the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) accepted as a new species in July 2020. It had been classified as a subspecies of paramo tapaculo. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taxonomy of the tawny owl</span>

The species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name. The binomial derives from Greek strix "owl" and Italian allocco, "tawny owl". Some early descriptions upon review were found to have somehow conflated the very different barn owl with the scientific name Strix aluco, which in turn engendered some confusion.

References

  1. Guy M. Kirwan; Manuel Schweizer; José Luis Copete (2015). "Multiple lines of evidence confirm that Hume's Owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) is two species, with description of an unnamed species (Aves: Non-Passeriformes: Strigidae)". Zootaxa. 3904 (1): 28–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.2. PMID   25660770. S2CID   4287913.
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