Bay owl
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| Bay owl | |
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| Oriental bay owl | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Tytonidae |
| Genus: | Phodilus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1830 |
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The bay owls (Phodilus) are a genus of Old World barn-owls that make up the subfamily Phodilinae.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Phodilus was erected by the French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1830.[1] The name is from the Ancient Greek phōs for "light" or "daylight" and deilos for "timid" or "cowardly".[2] Most classification schemes recognize three extant species in this genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Phodilus prigoginei | Congo bay owl | Itombwe Mountains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo | |
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Phodilus badius | Oriental bay owl | Philippines, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei |
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Phodilus assimilis | Sri Lanka bay owl | island of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India |
Description
Bay owls appear similar to other barn-owls; they are generally smaller, have ear-like feather tufts, and have a more divided and U-shaped facial disk.
Distribution and habitat
Bay owls can be found in central Africa, and from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and the Indonesian archipelago.
References
- ^ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore (1830). "Remarques sur les charactères et la classification des oiseaux de proie nocturnes, et description d'un genre nouveau sous la nom de Phodilus". Annales des sciences naturelles (in French). 21: 194–203 [199].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Owls". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
Further reading
- Pycraft, W. P. (1903). "On the Pterylography of Photodilus". Ibis. 45 (1): 36–48. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1903.tb03917.x.
- Bruce, M. D. (1999): Family Tytonidae (Barn-owls). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (eds): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds: 34–75, plates 1–3. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
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