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Definition of Otus asio
1. Noun. Small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle.
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Otus, Otus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Otus Asio
Literary usage of Otus asio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"otus asio floridanus (RIDGWAY). Florida Screech Owl. [373a. ... RANGE.— Southwestern
Oregon and California. •• otus asio ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Auk, xxxm, 427, 1916. t otus asio brewsteri Ridgway. Bds. N. and Mid. Amer., VI,
700, 1914 (w. Ore.). Auk, xxxm, 427, 1916. ..."
3. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"otus asio asio. Range.—North America, east of the plains and from the southern
British ... otus asio floridanus. Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. ..."
4. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"One was found dead on Summit Street in 1894 by Bryant. otus asio ASIO (Linn.).
otus asio NAEVIUS Gmelin. Proposed April, 1917. Screech Owl. Very common ..."
5. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Tr. d'Orn. p. 110. Asio otus, Macgill. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 453. otus asio,
Leach, Syst. Cat. Mam. and BBM p. 1 1. ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"A female was taken at Sennett January 25, 1904, by Charles Lyon and one was taken
at Ithaca January 16, 1908, by AA Allen and JT Lloyd. 219 (373)- otus asio ..."
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