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Tyto capensis (A.Smith, 1834)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Strigiformes
family
Tytonidae
genus
Tyto
species
Tyto capensis

Name

Synonyms
Tyto capensis damarensis Roberts, 1922
Tyto capensis libratus Peters & Loveridge, 1935
Homonyms
Tyto capensis (A.Smith, 1834)
Common names
African Grass Owl in English
African Grass Owl in English
African Grass Owl in English
African Grass Owl in English
African Grass-Owl in English
African Grass-Owl in English
Barbagianni africano in Italian
Effraie du Cap in French
Graseule in German
Grass Owl in English
Grass Owl in English
Grass Owl in English
Grasuil in Afrikaans
Gresslørugle in Norwegian
Kaapse Grasuil in Dutch
Kapgraseule in German
Kapslørugle in Danish
Lechuza de El Cabo in Spanish
afrikansk gräsuggla in Swedish
coruja-do-capim in Portuguese
fokföldi gyöngybagoly in Hungarian
grass owl in English
kapinė liepsnotoji pelėda in Lithuanian
plamienka trávna in Slovak
płomykówka ziemna in Polish
rohtla-loorkakk in Estonian
ruohopöllö in Finnish
savannas plīvurpūce in Latvian
sova travní in Czech
òliba camallarga del Cap in Catalan–Valencian
Капская сипуха in Russian
ミナミメンフクロウ in Japanese
非洲草鴞 in Chinese
非洲草鸮 in Chinese
African Grass-owl in English
gresslørugle in Norwegian Bokmål
African Grass-Owl in English
Chouette effraie du Cap in French
Grass Owl in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
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