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Bubo (eagle-owl)

Osteichthyes - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Bubo Dumeril
1826Nyctea Stephens
1891Bubo Shufeldt p. 819
1902Bubo Hay p. 536
1908Bubo Gaillard p. 34
1930Bubo Hay p. 349
1933Bubo Lambrecht p. 615
1935Bubo Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Bubo Wetmore p. 68
1956Bubo Wetmore p. 86
1979Bubo Umanskaya p. 777
2002Bubo Mlikovsky p. 214
2017Bubo 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
genusBuboDumeril 1806

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.

G. Bubo Dumeril 1806 [eagle-owl]
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Bubo africanus Temminck 1821 [spotted eagle-owl]
†Bubo arvernensis Milne-Edwards 1863
Bubo bubo Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian eagle-owl]
†Bubo florianae Kretzoi 1957
†Bubo incertus Milne-Edwards 1891
†Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986
Bubo lacteus Temminck 1820 [Verreaux's eagle-owl]
†Bubo leguati Rothschild 1907
†Bubo poirrieri Milne-Edwards 1863
Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 [snowy owl]
†Bubo sinclairi Miller 1911 [owl]
Bubo sumatranus Raffles 1822 [barred eagle-owl]
Bubo virginianus Gmelin 1788 [great horned owl]
Invalid names: Nyctea Stephens 1826 [synonym]
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: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.09 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Bubo sp. (174455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Bubo sp. (32050)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Bubo sp. (44231)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Bubo sp. (21831)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Bubo sp. (35369)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Bubo sp. (35358)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Bubo leakyae (22596)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Bubo virginianus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Bubo bubo (58420)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Bubo sp. (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Nyctea scandiaca (124957)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Bubo virginianus (20400)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Bubo bubo (197789)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Bubo bubo (35078)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Bubo virginianus, Nyctea scandiaca (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Bubo insularis (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Bubo bubo (125088)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Bubo virginianus (195048 195049)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Bubo bubo (191730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Bubo insularis (51483)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Bubo virginianus (152008 161536 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bubo virginiana (44954) Bubo virginianus (20273 79630 190077 218989) Bubo virginianus, Bubo sinclairi (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Bubo virginianus (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Bubo sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Bubo virginianus, Nyctea scandiaca (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Bubo virginianus (71670 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Bubo virginianus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Bubo scandiacus (197769) Bubo sp., Nyctea scandiaca (194932)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bubo sinclairi (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Bubo insularis (51552 51553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Bubo bubo (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Bubo virginianus (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Bubo virginianus (103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Bubo bubo (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Bubo bubo (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Bubo insularis (215362 215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bubo virginianus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Bubo virginianus, Bubo sinclairi (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Bubo bubo (184243)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia Bubo sumatranus (195009)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Bubo lacteus (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Bubo insularis (215365)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Bubo virginianus (194924 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Bubo africanus (177146)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Bubo virginianus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Bubo scandiacus (228444)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Nyctea scandiaca (229484)