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Asio capensis (Smith, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AsioBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Otus capensis A. Smith, 1834 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Afrikaanse Velduil sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: Marsh Owl; marsh owl sources: english PESI focal point;Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.
 French: Hibou du Cap sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Kap-Ohreule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: pelkinė pelėda sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: uszatka mauretańska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: африканская ушастая сова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: afriška uharica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: búho moro sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Болотяна вухата сова; Вухата сова болотяна

Literature

basis of record

Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Asio capensis (Smith, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212686

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Asio capensis (Smith, 1834). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ed579f12-e1fe-4cf5-9b63-f85a5adcaef5

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212686
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97053

Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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