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Bubo virginianus  (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177884

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Búho cornudo [Spanish]
  
    Great Horned Owl [English]
  
    grand-duc d'Amérique [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderStrigiformes  – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers  
                            FamilyStrigidae  – Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls  
                               SubfamilyStriginae   
                                  GenusBubo Duméril, 1805 – Horned Owls  
                                     SpeciesBubo virginianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) – Búho cornudo, Great Horned Owl, grand-duc d'Amérique  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus algistus (Oberholser, 1904)  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus deserti Reiser, 1905  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus elachistus Brewster, 1902  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus heterocnemis (Oberholser, 1904)  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus lagophonus (Oberholser, 1904)  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus mayensis Nelson, 1901  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus mesembrinus (Oberholser, 1904)  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus nacurutu (Vieillot, 1817)  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus nigrescens von Berlepsch, 1884  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus pacificus Cassin, 1854  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus pallescens Stone, 1897  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus pinorum Dickerman & A. B. Johnson, 2008  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus saturatus Ridgway, 1877  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus subarcticus P. R. Hoy, 1853  
                                        SubspeciesBubo virginianus virginianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Great Horned Owl[English], grand-duc d'Amérique [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Great Horned Owl[English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Búho cornudo[Spanish]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 8.1), website (version 8.1), website (version 8.1)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.8.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 22 January, 2018]   
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2017.06.15, website (version 15-Jun-17)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Bubo virginianus, Great Horned Owl [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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