General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Grass Owl (or Eastern Grass Owl) found in Taiwan is known officially as 草鴞 'grass owl'. This gives every appearance of being a direct translation from English, using the literary term 鴞 that Chinese naturalists prefer for naming owls. The folk name for the species appears to be 猴面鷹 'monkey-faced hawk'.
Species names
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Tyto capensis Tyto longimembris  (T. longimembris) |
Grass owl Eastern grass-owl Cape barn owl |
草鴞 (草鸮) 'grass owl' |
(草鴞) 草鸮 'grass owl'  Taxonomy |
猴面鷹 (猴面鹰) 'monkey-faced hawk' |
ミナミメンフクロウ (南面梟) minami men-fukurō 'Southern masked owl' |
가면올빼미 gamyeon-olppaemi 'masked owl' |
Chim Cú lợn lưng nâu 'brown-backed pig-owl (bird)' |
