Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 (tawny owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Strix according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Strix antiqua, Strix brevis, Strix collongensis, Strix dakota, Strix edwardsi, Strix ignota, Strix leptogrammica, Strix melitensis, Strix nebulosa, Strix occidentalis, Strix passerina, Strix perpasta, Strix sancti, Strix uralensis, Strix varia, Strix wintershofensis

Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Monaco (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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