Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Synonym: Nyctea Stephens 1826
Parent taxon: Strigidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Gaillard 1908, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Schultz and Howard 1935, Shufeldt 1891, Umanskaya 1979, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Aegolius, Alasio, Asio, Asio pygmaeus, Athene, Basityto, Ciccaba, Cryptoglaux, Glaucidium, Grallistrix, Ieraglaucinae, Intulula, Ketupa, Margarobyas, Megascops, Micrathene, Micropallas, Mioglaux, Necrobyas, Ninox, Oraristrix, Ornimegalonyx, Otus, Otus henrici, Palaeoglaux, Prosybris, Sceloglaux, Speotyto, Striginae, Strigogyps, Strix, Surnia, Surniinae
Subtaxa: Bubo africanus Bubo arvernensis Bubo bubo Bubo florianae Bubo incertus Bubo insularis Bubo lacteus Bubo leguati Bubo poirrieri Bubo scandiacus Bubo sinclairi Bubo sumatranus Bubo virginianus
Type: Strix bubo
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (6), Malaysia (1), Monaco (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (25: California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (2), Tanzania (2)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 60 collections including 65 occurrences
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