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Definition of Strix nebulosa
1. Noun. Large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia.
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Strix, Strix
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strix Nebulosa
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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