Taenioptynx

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Taenioptynx

Genus of birds

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

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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]

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References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    Kaup, Johann Jakob (1848). "Uebersicht der Eulen (Strigidae)". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 41. cols 753–774 [767–768].
  4. [4]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 378. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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