Tawny-browed Owl / Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
WBN 
Tawny-browed Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Syrnium Koeniswaldianum An.Cient.Paraguayos p.175
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Pulsatrix
Taxonomy Code: tabowl1
Type Locality: No locality but probably from near Puerto Bertoni on the Alto Parana, Paraguay.
Author: Bertoni, M & Bertoni, W
Publish Year: 1901
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PULSATRIX
(Strigidae; Ϯ Spectacled Owl P. perspicillata pulsatrix) Specific name Strix pulsatrix zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820; "Gen. Syrnium Sav. (1809.) ... d) Subg. Pulsatrix, Kp. 14. torquatum Daud., Vaill. t. 42., superciliosa Shaw. Gen. Zool. pl. 32., pulsatrix Pr. Max. ? Subspecies, perspicillata Lath. (juv.) Vaill. t. 44. S.-Am." (Kaup 1848); "Subgenus. Pulsatrix, Kp. Ohröffnung kleiner als das orangefarbige Auge und ohne Operculum. Schnabel stark, so hoch wie lang. Zehen bis zu den Nägeln befiedert. 1ste bis zur 5ten mehr nach der Wurzel hin ausgeschnitten. 14. Syrnium torquatum, Kp." (Kaup 1851); "Pulsatrix Kaup, Isis von Oken, 1848, col. 771. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Strix torquata Daudin = Strix perspicillata Latham." (Peters 1940, IV, 124).
Synon. Novipulsatrix.
pulsatrix
Mod. L. pulsatrix, pulsatricis female attacker < Med. L. pulsator, pulsatoris attacker < L. pulsator, pulsatoris beater < pulsare to beat < pellere to strike.
koeniswaldiana / koeniswaldianum / koeniswaldianus
Dr Gustav Adalbert von Koenigswald (1863-1911) Danish/German ornithologist resident in Brazil (syn. Lepidocolaptes fuscus, Pulsatrix).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
