Horned owl
The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. The genus name Bubo is Latin for owl. This genus contains 10 species that are found in many parts of the world. Some of the largest living Strigiformes are in Bubo. Traditionally, only owls with ear-tufts were included in this genus, but that is no longer the case. Taxonomy The genus Bubo was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist André Duméril for the horned owls. The type species is the Eurasian eagle-owl. The word bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle owl and was used as the specific epithet for the species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that species in the genera Scotopelia and Ketupa were embedded within the clade containing members of the genus Bubo making the genus Bubo paraphyletic. To create monophyletic genera nine species were moved for Bubo to Ketupa. Species The genus contains 10 extant species: Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus Lesser horned owl, Bubo magellanicus Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo Indian eagle-owl, Bubo bengalensis Pharaoh eagle-owl, Bubo ascalaphus Cape eagle-owl,