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Strix varia (barred owl)

Osteichthyes - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Strix varius was named by Barton (1799). It is extant.

It was corrected as Strix varia by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Parmalee (1992), Kilmer and Steadman (2016), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Strix varius Barton
1931Strix varia Wetmore p. 40
1940Strix varia Wetmore p. 68
1956Strix varia Wetmore p. 87
1992Strix varia Parmalee p. 314
2016Strix varia Kilmer and Steadman p. 28 fig. 22F
2017Strix varia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyStrigidaeVigors 1825
genusStrix
speciesvaria(Barton 1799)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Strix varia Barton 1799 [barred owl]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:55:38
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:55:38
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Strix varia (20384)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Strix varia (195049)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Strix varia (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Strix varia (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Strix varia (20638 74292 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Strix varia (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Strix varia (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Strix varia (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Strix varia (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Strix varia (154722)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Strix varia (195062 195069)