Northern hawk-owl: Difference between revisions

The northern hawk-owl was [[Species description|formally described]] by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Strix ulula''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | authorlink=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=Volume 1 | edition=10th | page=93 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | place=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764491 }}</ref> The owl is now the only species placed in the genus ''Surnia'' that was introduced in 1805 by [[André Marie Constant Duméril|André Duméril]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Duméril | first=A. M. Constant | author-link=André Marie Constant Duméril | date=1805 | title=Zoologie analytique : ou, Méthode naturelle de classification des animaux; endue plus facile a l'aide de tableaux synoptiques | language=French | location=Paris | publisher=Allais | page=34 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12052585 }} The book bears the date of 1806 on the title page but was actually published in 1805. See: {{cite journal| last=Gregory | first=Steven M.S. | year=2010 | title=The two 'editions' of Duméril's ''Zoologie analytique'', and the potential confusion caused by Froriep's translation ''Analytische Zoologie'' | journal=Zoological Bibliography | volume=1 | issue=1 | pages=6–8 | url=https://iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Articles/Gregory_2010.pdf }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2021 | title=Owls | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/owls/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=22 May 2021 }}</ref> The [[type species]] was designated by [[George Robert Gray]] in 1840 as the northern hawk-owl.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1840 | title=A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus | place=London | publisher=R. and J.E. Taylor | page=5 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668941 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1940 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=Volume 4 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=126 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14476597 }}</ref> The genus name is of unknown etymology and may simply have been invented by Duméril. The specific epithet ''ulala'' is Latin for a "screech owl".<ref>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n374 374], [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n395 395]}}</ref>