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Otus gurneyi  (Tweeddale, 1879)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202271

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mimizuku gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879)
  
    Pseudoptynx gurneyi Tweeddale, 1879
  
  Common Name(s): mocho-d'orelhas-gigante [Portuguese]
  
    mocho-de-gurney [Portuguese]
  
    Petit-duc de Gurney [French]
  
    Búho de Mindanao [Spanish]
  
    Giant Scops Owl [English]
  
       
  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   
                                  GenusOtus Pennant, 1769 – Scops-Owls  
                                     SpeciesOtus gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879) – mocho-d'orelhas-gigante, mocho-de-gurney, Petit-duc de Gurney, Búho de Mindanao, Giant Scops Owl  
       

 References
       
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  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi   
       
  Source: Federal Register, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (various authors), series (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: Various listings from the Federal Register on the legal status of species   
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi, Giant Scops Owl [English]   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6b (2022), database (version 6b)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6b. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6b_Jul22.zip   
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi, Giant Scops Owl [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi   
       
  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: Otus gurneyi   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliott, and Jordi Sargatal, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5   
  Page(s): 762   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 84-87334-25-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Otus gurneyi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: See Federal Register, vol. 41, no. 115; pp. 24062-24067  
 

 

    

 
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