Tytonidae / メンフクロウ科 (Men-fukurō ka)

草鸮科 Cǎo-xiāo kē * 草鴞科 Cǎo-xiāo kē * 가면올빼미과 Gamyeon-olppaemi-gwa

General names

The following is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.

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.

Species names

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Tyto                
Tyto capensis
Tyto longimembris
link to photo (T. longimembris) 		Grass owl
Eastern grass-owl
Cape barn owl
Effraie du Cap
Kapgraseule
Сипуха травяная восточная		 ミナミメンフクロウ
(南面梟)
minami men-fukurō
'Southern masked owl' 		  草鸮 (草鴞)
cǎo-xiāo
'grass owl'
|Note| 		草鴞
cǎo-xiāo
'grass owl'		 猴面鹰 (猴面鷹)
hóu-miàn-yīng
'monkey-faced hawk' (Southern usage?) 		가면올빼미
gamyeon-olppaemi
'masked owl' 		 
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