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Bubo (eagle-owl)
Taxonomy
Bubo was named by Dumeril (1806). It is extant. Its type is Strix bubo.
It was assigned to Striges by Shufeldt (1891); to Bubonidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Strigidae by Hay (1902), Gaillard (1908), Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Umanskaya (1979), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Striges by Shufeldt (1891); to Bubonidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Strigidae by Hay (1902), Gaillard (1908), Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Umanskaya (1979), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1806 | Bubo Dumeril |
1826 | Nyctea Stephens |
1891 | Bubo Shufeldt p. 819 |
1902 | Bubo Hay p. 536 |
1908 | Bubo Gaillard p. 34 |
1930 | Bubo Hay p. 349 |
1933 | Bubo Lambrecht p. 615 |
1935 | Bubo Schultz and Howard p. 277 |
1940 | Bubo Wetmore p. 68 |
1956 | Bubo Wetmore p. 86 |
1979 | Bubo Umanskaya p. 777 |
2002 | Bubo Mlikovsky p. 214 |
2017 | Bubo Clements et al. |
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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
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References: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (60 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Bubo sp. (174455) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Bubo sp. (32050) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) | Bubo sp. (44231) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Bubo sp. (21831) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Bubo sp. (35369) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Bubo sp. (35358) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Bubo virginianus (20384) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Bubo leakyae (22596) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Bubo bubo (58420) | |
Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Bubo sp. (183123) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Nyctea scandiaca (124957) | |
Calabrian | Italy | Bubo bubo (197789) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Bubo virginianus (20400) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Bubo virginianus, Nyctea scandiaca (152653) | |
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Bubo bubo (35078) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Bubo insularis (69062) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Bubo virginianus (195048 195049) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Bubo bubo (125088) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Bubo bubo (191730) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Bubo insularis (51483) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Bubo insularis (51552 51553) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Bubo bubo (197768) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Bubo bubo (197461) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Bubo sp. (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Bubo virginianus (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Bubo virginianus (103991 104697) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Bubo virginianus (93251 176222) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Bubo sinclairi (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Bubo virginianus (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Bubo bubo (93837) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Bubo virginiana (44954) Bubo virginianus (20273 79630 190077 218989) Bubo virginianus, Bubo sinclairi (74235) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Bubo virginianus (71670 93281) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Bubo scandiacus (197769) Bubo sp., Nyctea scandiaca (194932) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Bubo insularis (215362 215363) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Bubo virginianus, Nyctea scandiaca (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Bubo virginianus (76059) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Bubo virginianus, Bubo sinclairi (93326) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Bubo bubo (184243) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Malaysia | Bubo sumatranus (195009) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Nyctea scandiaca (229484) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Bubo scandiacus (228444) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Bubo lacteus (22068) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Bubo africanus (177146) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Bubo virginianus (194924 194926 194927) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Bubo virginianus (224189) | |
Holocene | France (Corse) | Bubo insularis (215365) |