Pseudoscops

Translingual

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ Scops (“archaic genus of owls”)

Proper noun

Pseudoscops m

A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – Jamaican owl.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Asioninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Pseudoscops grammicus - type species; Asio clamator (striped owl) sometimes included as Pseudoscops clamator

References

Pseudoscops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pseudoscops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pseudoscops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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