Definition of Strix nebulosa

1. Noun. Large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia.

Exact synonyms: Great Gray Owl, Great Grey Owl
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Strix, Strix

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strix Nebulosa

Streptomyces scabies
Streptomycetaceae
Streptopelia
Streptopelia risoria
Streptopelia turtur
Streptosolen
Streptosolen jamesonii
Strickland
Strigidae
Strigiformes
Strindberg
Strindbergian
Strine
Strix
Strix aluco
Strix nebulosa
Strix occidentalis
Strix varia
Strizostedion vitreum glaucum
Strobilomyces
Strobilomyces floccopus
Stroh violin
Stroheim
Stroke City
Stromateidae
Strombidae
Stromboli
Strombolian
Strombus
Strombus gigas

Literary usage of Strix nebulosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"BARRED OWL, strix nebulosa, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ip 242; vol. vp 386. General colour of upper parts light reddish-brown; face and greater part of the head ..."

2. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"strix nebulosa, (jub-gen. Ulula, Car.) Bonap. Synop. p. 38. ... strix nebulosa. North. Zool. ii. p. 81. THIS is one of our most common Owls. In winter ..."

3. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"А.) Lapland Great Gray Owl. 476. strix nebulosa Forst, в 54. с 323. R 397. Barred Owl. 477. strix nebulosa alleni Ridg. в —.с —. ..."

4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1828)
"strix nebulosa. L. Pale brown with transverse whitish spots ; beneath whitish, ueck and breast with transverse bn-. belly and vent with longitudinal streaks ..."

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