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| Strigidae |
| Strix aluco
Forest, woodland, towns. From British Isles, s Scandinavia and w,c,sw Russia s to nw Africa (Morocco to Tunisia), n Mediterranean region, Turkey, Near East, n,e Iraq, w,n Iran and extreme s Russia; mts., 1220-4250 m, from Turkestan and nw Tadzhikistan, n Pakistan and n India e through Himalayas of se Tibet and c,e China to w,e Burma, n Vietnam, Korea and Taiwan. - Heidrich and Wink (1994. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 49c:230-234) compared 300 bases of the cytochrome b gene for Strix aluco, S. butleri and S. woodfordi. They found 9-12% differences between these species and concluded that they are "distinct species". - --  ---
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- -Strix L. strix (gufo stridente) aluco L. ulucus (allocco) -- |
| Strix butleri
Palm groves, desert, semi-desert, rocky ravines. Locally in Syria, Israel, ne,e Egypt and w,se Arabia; reports from Iranian shore of Persian Gulf and w coastal Pakistan are questionable. - - 
- -butleri, Tenente Colonnello Edward Arthur Butler (1842-1916) ornitologo, autore e raccoglitore di reperti, inglese . - - |
| Strix uralensis
Boreal forest, mixed woodland. S. u. uralensis. From c,se Norway, Sweden, c,s Finland and Lithuania e across nw,c Russia and c,s Siberia s to Mongolia, Manchuria, Sakhalin, Korea and Japan; locally mts. (mostly) of ec Europe in extreme se W. Germany, Poland, Carpathian Mts., Transylvanian Alps, Yugoslavia and n Albania. S. u. davidi SICHUAN WOOD-OWL. Forest. Mts., 4000-5000 m, of c China in se Tsinghai, w,n Szechwan. Vocally like S. uralensis in Japan (B. King, pers. comm.). -- -Non interessa il Western Palearctic - 
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| Strix nebulosa
Dense boreal forest. From n,e Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to w Anadyrland and Koryakland, and s to s Siberia, ne Mongolia and Manchuria; from c Alaska, n Yukon, nw,c Mackenzie, n Manitoba, n Ontario and wc Quebec, s locally in int. to mts. of sw Oregon, California (c Sierra Nevada), n Idaho, w Montana, nw Wyoming, c Alberta, c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba, n Minnesota, n Wisconsin, n Michigan and s Ontario. - - 
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| Asio otus
Coniferous and mixed forest, second growth. From British Isles and c Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia and c Siberia to upper Lena R. and Sea of Okhotsk, and s to Azores, Canary Is., nw Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, n Mediterranean region, Turkey, Cyprus, Near East, nw Iran, (absent between Caspian and Aral seas) n Afghanistan, n Pakistan, n India, w,n China, se Siberia, Korea and Japan (Hokkaido to c Honshu). From s,e British Columbia, n Yukon, sw Mackenzie, n Saskatchewan, and from c Manitoba e across s Canada to Prince Edward I. and Nova Scotia, and s to nw Baja Calif., s Arizona, s New Mexico, w,c Texas, c Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and from c Illinois e to s New York and New England. - - 
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| Asio flammeus
Open country, tundra, marsh, grassland, savanna, moors, montane forest. From Iceland, British Isles and Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka Pen., and s to c Europe, s Russia, ne Mongolia, s Siberia and ne China; Hawaiian Is. w to Kauai; Pohnpei in the e Caroline Is.; w,c,ne N. America from n Alaska, n Yukon, n Mackenzie, c Keewatin, n Quebec, n Labrador and Newfoundland s to e Aleutian Is., s Alaska, s Calif., n Nevada, Utah, ne Colorado, and from Kansas e across ec U.S. to w Kentucky, n Virginia and New Jersey; Greater Antilles in Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico; locally in mts., 500-4000 m, from Colombia, n Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam s through Ecuador, nw,s Peru (incl. coastal), c Bolivia, se Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Galapagos, Juan Fernandez and Falkland islands. - - -  - -
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flammeus L. flammeus (dal colore
di fiamma)
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| Asio capensis
Grassland, marsh. Locally in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegambia, s Mali, s Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, c,e Angola, s,e Zaire, s Chad, se Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, ne Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe s to s S. Africa. Lowlands to 1800 m of Madagascar. - - 
- capensis L. Caput Bonae Spei - |
| Aegolius funereus
Boreal and subalpine forest, mixed woodland. From Scandinavia e (mostly in mts.) across nw,c Russia and c Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka Pen., and s to Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, sw Russia, Turkestan, extreme n India, w,n China and s Siberia; from c Alaska, c Yukon, s Mackenzie, n Saskatchewan, n Manitoba, n Ontario, c Quebec, Labrador and Newfoundland s to s Alaska, n British Columbia, w Washington, w Oregon, c Idaho, c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba, ne Minnesota, w,c Ontario, s Quebec and New Brunswick; locally Montana, nw Wyoming, Colorado and extreme n New Mexico. -  --
- Aegolius L. aegolius - Gr. aigolios (una civetta) -funereus L. funereus (funereo, lugubre) - |
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