Taenioptynx

Taenioptynx
Collared owlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Taenioptynx Kaup, 1848
Type species
Noctua brodiei Burton, 1836
Species
T. brodiei T. sylvaticus

Taenioptynx is a genus of typical owls, or true owls, in the family Strigidae, that inhabits Asia.

The collared owlet and the Sunda owlet were formerly included in the genus Glaucidium . They were moved to the resurrected genus Taenioptynx based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. ^{[1] [2]} The genus Taenioptynx had been introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848 with the collared owlet as the type species. ^[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tainia meaning "band" or "stripe" with ptunx meaning "owl". ^[4]

Its members are: ^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Taenioptynx brodiei (Burton, 1836)	Collared owlet	oriental Asia
	Taenioptynx sylvaticus (Bonaparte, 1850)	Sunda owlet	Greater Sundas

References

1. Salter, J.F.; Oliveros, C.H.; Hosner, P.A.; Manthey, J.D.; Robbins, M.B.; Moyle, R.G.; Brumfield, R.T.; Faircloth, B.C. (2019). "Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae)". The Auk. 137 (ukz070). doi: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 . hdl: 2346/93048 .
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Owls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
3. Kaup, Johann Jakob (1848). "Uebersicht der Eulen (Strigidae)". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 41. cols 753–774 [767–768].
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 378. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.