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Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Brown Wood-owl (Strix leptogrammica) - HBW 5, p. 197

French: Chouette leptogramme German: Malaienkauz Spanish: Cárabo Oriental
Other common names: Himalayan Brown Owl/Wood-owl (“newarensis group”); Bartels’s Wood-owl (bartelsi); Malaysian Wood-owl (maingayi)

Taxonomy: Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1831, Borneo.
Probably a species complex rather than a single species. N forms living in montane habitats (newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana, caligata) larger, with different vocalizations, likely to represent a separate, polytypic species. Race bartelsi likewise vocally distinct and living at higher elevations, probably also specifically distinct. In addition, Sri Lankan ochrogenys sometimes considered synonymous with indranee; chaseni possibly synonymous with nominate; myrtha and nyctiphasma doubtfully distinct from maingayi. Add.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1831, Borneo.
Probably a species complex rather than a single species. N forms living in montane habitats (newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana, caligata) larger, with different vocalizations, likely to represent a separate, polytypic species. Race bartelsi likewise vocally distinct and living at higher elevations, probably also specifically distinct. In addition, Sri Lankan ochrogenys sometimes considered synonymous with indranee; chaseni possibly synonymous with nominate; myrtha and nyctiphasma doubtfully distinct from maingayi. Additional races described are connectens (single specimen from C India), included in indranee, and orientalis and shahensis, both treated as synonyms of ticehursti. Fourteen subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • newarensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir E to NE India.
  • ticehursti Delacour, 1930 - N & C Myanmar E to SE China (NE to Anhui), S to N & W Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
  • caligata (Swinhoe, 1863) - Hainan and Taiwan.

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  • newarensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir E to NE India.
  • ticehursti Delacour, 1930 - N & C Myanmar E to SE China (NE to Anhui), S to N & W Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
  • caligata (Swinhoe, 1863) - Hainan and Taiwan.
  • laotiana Delacour, 1926 - S Laos and C Vietnam (Annam).
  • indranee Sykes, 1832 - peninsular India.
  • ochrogenys (Hume, 1873) - Sri Lanka.
  • maingayi (Hume, 1878) - S Myanmar, S Thailand and Malay Peninsula.
  • myrtha (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumatra; also reported from Mentawai Is (possibly this race).
  • nyctiphasma Oberholser, 1924 - Banyak Is, off W Sumatra.
  • niasensis (Salvadori, 1887) - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
  • chaseni Hoogerwerf & de Boer, 1947 - Belitung I, off SE Sumatra.
  • vaga Mayr, 1938 - N Borneo.
  • leptogrammica Temminck, 1831 - C & S Borneo.
  • bartelsi (Finsch, 1906) - Java.

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