Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Subspecies (6)
G. D. Hayward and P. H. Hayward
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Kukuvajka e Tengmalnit |
| Armenian | Թավշաոտ բու |
| Asturian | Curixina boreal |
| Azerbaijani | Tüklüayaq xarabaçıl |
| Basque | Hontz boreala |
| Bulgarian | Пернатонога кукумявка |
| Catalan | mussol pirinenc |
| Chinese (SIM) | 鬼鸮 |
| Croatian | planinski ćuk |
| Czech | sýc rousný |
| Danish | Perleugle |
| Dutch | Ruigpootuil |
| English | Boreal Owl |
| English (UK) | Tengmalm's Owl |
| English (United States) | Boreal Owl |
| Finnish | helmipöllö |
| French | Nyctale de Tengmalm |
| French (France) | Nyctale de Tengmalm |
| Galician | Moucho boreal |
| German | Raufußkauz |
| Greek | Αιγωλιός |
| Hebrew | כוס חום |
| Hungarian | Gatyáskuvik |
| Icelandic | Skálmugla |
| Italian | Civetta capogrosso |
| Japanese | キンメフクロウ |
| Latvian | Bikšainais apogs |
| Lithuanian | Lututė |
| Mongolian | Савагт ариан |
| Norwegian | perleugle |
| Polish | włochatka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mocho-funéreo |
| Romanian | Minuniță |
| Russian | Мохноногий сыч |
| Serbian | Gaćasta kukumavka |
| Slovak | pôtik kapcavý |
| Slovenian | Koconogi čuk |
| Spanish | Mochuelo Boreal |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mochuelo boreal |
| Swedish | pärluggla |
| Turkish | Paçalı Baykuş |
| Ukrainian | Сич волохатий |
Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Strix funerea
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.93.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe = Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AEGOLIUS
- aegolius
- funerea / funereus / funeria
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Boreal Owl
