The Tytonidae are divided into the Tytoninae and the Phodilinae in Howard- Moore 2003.
1. General names
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Chinese: The Tytonidae are all 'owls' (鸮 xiāo) in Chinese. The names appear to be direct translations from the English names, including 仓鸮 cāng-xiāo ('barn owl') and 草鸮 cǎo-xiāo ('grass owl'). The name 猴面鹰 hóu-miàn-yīng 'monkey-faced hawk' is a more popular name for the Grass owl, but may be confined to Southern dialects. |
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Japanese: The Tytonidae are known as メンフクロウ men-fukurō (面梟) or 'masked owls' in Japanese. Only Tyto capensis occurs in Japan. |
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Vietnamese: In Vietnamese, the Tytonidae are known as Cú lợn or 'pig owls'. In Southern dialects they are known as Cú heo, using heo, the Southern word for 'pig'. |
2. Species names
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3. Notes
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The distribution of the Tytonidae in East Asia can be found at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of STRIGIFORMES in East Asia. |
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The Grass owl is variously identified as Tyto longimembris capensis (Howard-Moore 2003) and T. capensis. |
