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Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Strix bubo was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Bubo.

It was recombined as Bubo bubo by Hay (1902), Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Hay (1930), Mlikovsky (2002), Bedetti and Pavia (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strix bubo Linnaeus
1902Bubo bubo Hay p. 536
1927Bubo bubo Boule and De Villeneuve p. 83
1930Bubo bubo Hay p. 349
2002Bubo bubo Mlikovsky p. 214
2013Bubo bubo Bedetti and Pavia p. 41
2017Bubo bubo Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
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
speciesbubo()

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.

Bubo bubo Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian eagle-owl]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available