Genus: Bubo
Description
This genus contains large owls of which many can raise feather tufts commonly called "horns". The members often carry the common name of Eagle-Owl, but when Ketupa is included some have names like Fish-Owl.
Taxonomy
Bubo is a genus in the family Strigidae.
Snowy Owl was formerly placed in its own genus Nyctea.
Bubo vs. Ketupa
The genus Ketupa as traditionally defined is embedded within the traditional genus Bubo, while genus Scotopelia may be embedded within the Ketupa group of species, or perhaps is sister to this clade. One solution is to move all species to Bubo, which was done by some checklists in the past. Another solution is to move some species from Bubo to Ketupa, which is the solution currently favored by both the IOC and Clements checklists, and here also implemented in The Opus. The current composition of Ketupa can be seen in the genus page Ketupa.
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|---|---|---|---|
| B. scandiacus | Snowy Owl | ||
| B. virginianus | Great Horned Owl | ||
| B. magellanicus | Lesser Horned Owl | ||
| B. bengalensis | Rock Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. cinerascens | Greyish Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. africanus | Spotted Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. milesi | Arabian Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. capensis | Cape Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. ascalaphus | Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | ||
| B. bubo | Eurasian Eagle-Owl | ||
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bubo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bubo
Pages in category ‘Bubo’
The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
