Taxonomic classification <> Pictures
The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) belongs to the family Strigidae under the order Strigiformes.
Brown wood owl taxonomy
The family Strigidae was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in 1820. The family Strigidae is a large family having nearly 200 extant species in 25 genera.The Strix genus has fifteen species, which are nocturnal woodland birds. The genus Strix comprises medium-sized to largish, robustly built, powerful and round-headed birds, lacking ear-tufts.
These species have relatively large eyes, brownish, yellow, orange and rufous plumage. These birds have cryptic plumage and several species have differently colored morphs.
Although the genus Strix was established for the species without ear-tufts in Strigidae by Linnaeus in 1758, erroneously, the name was applied to other species in the family Strigidae by several authors.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Strix leptogrammica |
| Species: | S. leptogrammica |
| Genus: | Strix |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by Johnsonwang6688 |
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| 2.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by Koshy Koshy |
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| 3.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by TANAKA Juuyoh |
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| 4.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by Steve Wilson |
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| 5.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by HISASHI JIMMY |
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| 6.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by TANAKA Juuyoh |
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| 7.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by Tony Hisgett |
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| 8.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica Picture by milo bostock |
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| 9.Brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica by shankar s |
1.Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strix_leptogrammica_jj.JPG (cropped)
Author: Johnsonwang6688 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2.Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Strix_leptogrammica_-Surrey_Bird_Sanctuary,_Welimada,_Sri_Lanka_-8a.jpg (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
3.Picture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka_juuyoh/6677009789/ (cropped)
Author: TANAKA Juuyoh | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
4.Picture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pokerbrit/31500017242/ (cropped)
Author: Steve Wilson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
5.Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strix_leptogrammica_-Taipei_Zoo,_Taiwan-8a.jpg (cropped)
Author: HISASHI JIMMY | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
6.Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strix_leptogrammica_-Kakegawa_Kacho-en,_Kakegawa,_Shizuoka,_Japan-8a.jpg (cropped)
Author: TANAKA Juuyoh | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
7.Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asian_Brown_Wood_Owl_(5634910611).jpg (cropped)
Author: Tony Hisgett | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
8.Picture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/milesmilo/17150859507/ (cropped)
Author: milo bostock | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
9.Picture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankaronline/12340325875/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: shankar s | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/17
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