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Definition of Strix occidentalis
1. Noun. A large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest.
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Strix, Strix
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strix Occidentalis
Literary usage of Strix occidentalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"... Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) Black bear (Ursus americanas)
Canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus) Ringtail ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... and southern Colorado south to northern Lower California and northwestern Mexico.
li. Strix occidentalis caurina (MERRIAM). Northern Spotted Owl. [369a. ..."
3. Conference on Adaptive Ecosystem Restoration and Management: Restoration of edited by Wallace Covington, Pamela K. Wagner (1998)
"... and sensitive predators, the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and the
Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), which incorporate knowledge ..."
4. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"Strix occidentalis (Xant.) Ridg. в —. с 324. R 39s. Western Barred Owl. 479.
Nyctea scandiaca (L.) Newt, в e1. с 325. в 406. ..."
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