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Taxon: Genus Otus Pennant, 1769 (bird)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                               Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                                 Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                                   Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
                                                                                                     Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                       Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                                         Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                           Clade Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci 1990
                                                                                                             Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
                                                                                                               Clade Pan-Aves Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithodira Gauthier 1986 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                   Clade Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                     Clade Dinosauriformes Novas 1992 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                       Clade Dracohors Cau 2018
                                                                                                                         Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                           Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
                                                                                                                             Clade Eusaurischia Padian et al. 1999
                                                                                                                               Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                                 Clade Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                   Clade Averostra Paul 2002
                                                                                                                                     Clade Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                       Clade Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
                                                                                                                                         Clade Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
                                                                                                                                           Clade Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
                                                                                                                                             Clade Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999, nom. cl. inval.
                                                                                                                                               Clade Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                                                                                                                                                 Clade Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                   Clade Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                                                                                                                                                     Clade Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                                       Clade Avialae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                         Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                           Clade Pygostylia Chatterjee 1997 [Chiappe 2001]
                                                                                                                                                             Clade Ornithothoraces Chiappe 1995
                                                                                                                                                               Clade Ornithuromorpha Chiappe 2001
                                                                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
                                                                                                                                                                   Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
                                                                                                                                                                     [crown] Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
                                                                                                                                                                       Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                                                                                                                                                                         Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                           Division Terrestrornithes B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                             Subdivision Dendrornithes Verheyen, 1961
                                                                                                                                                                               Section Raptores Baird, 1858
                                                                                                                                                                                 Superorder Falconimorphae Seebohm, 1890
                                                                                                                                                                                   Order Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls
                                                                                                                                                                                     Family Strigidae Vigors, 1825 - owls
                                                                                                                                                                                       Subfamily Striginae Vigors, 1825 - strange-eared owls
                                                                                                                                                                                         Genus Otus Pennant, 1769
                                                                                                                                                                                           01 Otus sagittatus (Cassin, 1848) - white-fronted scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           02 Otus rufescens (Horsfield, 1821) - reddish scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           03 Otus icterorhynchus (Shelley, 1873) - sandy scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           04 Otus ireneae Ripley, 1966 - Sokoke scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           05 Otus balli (Hume, 1873) - Andaman scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           06 Otus alfredi (E. Hartert, 1897)
                                                                                                                                                                                           07 Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846) - mountain scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           08 Otus brookii (Sharpe, 1892) - rajah scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           09 Otus angelinae (Finsch, 1912) - Javan scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           10 Otus mentawi Chasen & Kloss, 1926 - Mentawai scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           11 Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769 - collared scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           12 Otus fuliginosus (Sharpe, 1888) - Palawan scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           13 Otus megalotis (Walden, 1875) - Philippine scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           14 Otus silvicola (Wallace, 1864) - Wallace's scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           15 Otus mirus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 - Mindanao scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           16 Otus longicornis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - Luzon scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           17 Otus mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1899) - Mindoro scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           18 Otus brucei (Hume, 1872) - pallid scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           19.1 Otus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837)
                                                                                                                                                                                           19.2 Otus scops (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           19.3 Otus sunia (Hodgson, 1836) - oriental scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           20 Otus flammeolus (Kaup, 1853) - flammulated owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           21 Otus magicus (S. Müller, 1841) - Moluccan scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           22 Otus mantananensis (Sharpe, 1892) - Mantanani scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           23 Otus elegans (Cassin, 1852) - elegant scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           24 Otus manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Sulawesi scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           25 Otus collari Lambert & Rasmussen, 1998 - Sangihe scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           26.1 Otus beccarii (Salvadori, 1876)
                                                                                                                                                                                           26.2 Otus insularis (Tristram, 1880) - seychelles owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           27 Otus umbra (Richmond, 1903) - Simeulue scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           28 Otus alius Rasmussen, 1998 - Nicobar scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           29 Otus pembaensis Pakenham, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                                           30 Otus pauliani Benson, 1960 - Comoro scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           31 Otus capnodes (J.H. Gurney, 1889)
                                                                                                                                                                                           32 Otus moheliensis Lafontaine & Moulaert, 1998 - Moheli scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           33 Otus mayottensis Benson, 1960
                                                                                                                                                                                           34 Otus madagascariensis (A. Grandidier, 1867)
                                                                                                                                                                                           35 Otus rutilus (Pucheran, 1849) - Malagasy scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           36 Otus hartlaubi (Giebel, 1872) - Sao Tome scops-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           37 Otus asio (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           38.1 Otus kennicottii (Elliot, 1867) - western screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           38.2 Otus seductus R.T. Moore, 1941
                                                                                                                                                                                           38.3 Otus cooperi (Ridgway, 1878)
                                                                                                                                                                                           39 Otus trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) - whiskered screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           40 Otus choliba (Vieillot, 1817) - tropical screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           41 Otus roboratus Bangs & Noble, 1918 - West Peruvian screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           42 Otus koepckeae Hekstra, 1982 - Koepcke's screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           43 Otus clarkii L. Kelso & E.H. Kelso, 1935 - bare-shanked screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           44 Otus barbarus (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) - Santa Barbara screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           45.1 Otus ingens (Salvin, 1897) - rufescent screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           45.2 Otus colombianus Traylor, 1952
                                                                                                                                                                                           46.1 Otus petersoni Fitzpatrick & O'Neill, 1986
                                                                                                                                                                                           46.2 Otus marshalli Weske & Terborgh, 1981 - cloud-forest screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           47 Otus watsonii (Cassin, 1848) - tawny-bellied screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           48 Otus guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875)
                                                                                                                                                                                           49 Otus vermiculatus (Ridgway, 1887) - vermiculated screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           50.1 Otus hoyi C. König & Straneck, 1989
                                                                                                                                                                                           50.2 Otus atricapilla (Temminck, 1822)
                                                                                                                                                                                           51 Otus sanctaecatarinae (Salvin, 1897) - long-tufted screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           52 Otus nudipes (Daudin, 1800) - Puerto Rican screech-owl
                                                                                                                                                                                           53 Otus albogularis (Cassin, 1849) - white-throated screech-owl

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