Birds of India - The New Synopsis

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Strigiformes (Owls)

Tytonidae (Barn Owls)

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Phodilus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830 Annales des Sciences Naturelles 21 p.199 Strix badia Horsfield, 1821; Type by original designation
- 416. Sri Lanka Bay-Owl Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877
  Original Description: Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877 Stray Feathers 5 p.138
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II. CITES: Appendix II.
  - 416a. Phodilus assimilis ripleyi Hussain & Reza Khan, 1978 [HB#610a]
    Original Description: Phodilus badius ripleyi Hussain & Reza Khan, 1978 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 74 p.334-336 (Periasholai Coffee Estate, Nelliampathies, Kerala)
    Distribution: SW Ghats from Goa south till Kalakkad in S Tamil Nadu.
    Type Specimen: BNHS#24232 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS
- 417. Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius (Horsfield, 1821)
  Original Description: Strix badia Horsfield, 1821 Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13 p.139
  Alternative Names: Bay Owl (with P. assimilis)
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II. CITES: Appendix II.
  - 417a. Phodilus badius saturatus Robinson, 1927 [HB#609]
    Original Description: Phodilus badius saturatus Robinson, 1927 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 47 p.121 (Native Sikkim)
    Distribution: N Bihar (Valmiki), N Bengal and Sikkim, W through Assam, adjoining Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur (?), Tripura, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.2.1.1123 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, USNM
Tyto Billberg, 1828 Synopsis faunae Scandinaviae, complectens animalia Sveciae Norvegiae que hucusque detecta 1 pt2 tab.A Strix flammea Linnaeus, 1766; Type by monotypy = Strix alba Scopoli, 1769
- 418. Eastern Grass-Owl Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)
  Alternative Names: Australasian Grass Owl
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II. CITES: Appendix II.
  - 418a. Tyto longimembris longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) [HB#608]
    Original Description: Strix longimembris Jerdon, 1839 Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10 p.86 (Nilgiris)
    Distribution: E Assam, adjoining Arunachal, Nagaland, and Manipur valley. Historically, further W in Uttarakhand terai, N Bengal, Meghalaya, in hills of C and E peninsula as well as SW Ghats.
    Specimens: UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
    Notes: Little known or possibly in decline due to degradation of grassland habitats.
- 419. Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica (Gmelin, 1788)
  Original Description: Strix javanica Gmelin, 1788 Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.295
  Taxonomy: A single global species T. alba (Scopoli, 1769) was longer tenable and has been split into multiple species.
  Alternative Names: [Barn Owl, Common Barn Owl, Western Barn Owl]
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-I. CITES: Appendix II.
  - 419a. Tyto javanica stertens Hartert, 1929 [HB#606]
    Original Description: Tyto alba stertens Hartert, 1929 Novitates Zoologicae 35 p.98 (Cachar, Assam)
    Distribution: Throughout India except the high and trans Himalaya and Thar desert. Present in Brahmaputra plains of Assam and adjoining Arunachal but local elsewhere in NE India. Lakshadweep Is (introduced).
    Type Specimen: AMNH#629321 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, TNHM, LKO, FTLB
- 420. Andaman Barn Owl Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) [HB#607]
  Original Description: Strix De-Roepstorffi Hume, 1875 Stray Feathers 3 p.390 (Aberdeen, South Andaman Is.)
  Taxonomy: Sometimes treated as a subspecies of T. alba (see HBW/BLI).
  Alternative Names: Andaman Masked Owl
  Distribution: N, Middle, S and Little Andaman Is. and the islets of East, Thornhill, Paget, Interview, Viper, Ross, and Cinque Is.
  Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.2.1.1140 (Holotype).
  Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK
  IUCN: Not Recognised. WLPA: Schedule-I. CITES: Appendix II.
  Endemic: Andaman & Nicobar Is.