Species of Thailand
Spotted wood owl
Strix seloputo
Thomas Horsfield, 1821
In Thai: นกเค้าป่าหลังจุด
The spotted wood owl (Strix seloputo) is an owl of the earless owl genus, Strix. Its range is disjunct; it occurs in many regions surrounding Borneo, but not on that island itself.
The three subspecies are:
- Strix seloputo seloputo - South Myanmar and central Thailand to Singapore. Also Jambi (Sumatra) and Java.
- Strix seloputo baweana - Endemic to Bawean Island off North Java
- Strix seloputo wiepkini - Calamian Islands and Palawan (Philippines)
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Strix
- Species
- Strix seloputo
Common names
- Thai: นกเค้าป่าหลังจุด
Subspecies
Strix seloputo baweana, Harry Church Oberholser, 1917
Range: Endemic to Bawean Island off North Java
Strix seloputo seloputo, Thomas Horsfield, 1821
Range: South Myanmar and central Thailand to Singapore. Also Jambi (Sumatra) and Java.
Strix seloputo wiepkini, Wilhelm August Heinrich Blasius, 1888
Range: Calamian Islands and Palawan (Philippines)
Synonyms
- Surnia whiteheadi
- Strix pagodorum
- Strix orientalis
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