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Wood-Owl
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Brown Wood Owl
- Order: Strigiformes
- Family: Strigidae
- Genus: Strix
Brown wood owl
(Hù, Strix leptogrammica)The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, and south China.
Strigiformes: All Owls are classified as members of this order. The name is formed from "Strig", the plural form of the Latin word "strix", meaning "owl" and "formes", meaning "forms".
Strigidae: The family for all Owls except Barn Owls, derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
leptogrammica:
Lepto- comes from the Greek leptós, variously meaning “thin, slight, fine, small,” with a literal sense of “stripped.”
grammikos linear, lined.
γρᾰμμή (grammḗ, “a stroke or line of a pen”, “a line as in mathematical figures”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to”, “in the manner of”). -
Spotted Wood-Owl
- Order: Strigiformes
- Family: Strigidae
- Genus: Strix
Spotted wood owl (Hù phương đông, Strix seloputo)
The spotted wood owl (Strix seloputo) is an owl of the earless owl genus, Strix.
Strigidae: The family for all Owls except Barn Owls, derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
seloputo Javanese name Selo-puto for the Spotted Wood Owl (Strix).