hawk-owln.
A name given to: (a) the Short-eared Owl, Asio brachyotus; (b) the Day-owl, Surnia ulula or funerea. Both so called from their smaller heads, and habit of seeking their food during the day.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > surnia ulula (hawk-owl)
hawk-owl1747
day owl?a1808
surn1840
the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Asio > asio flammeus (short-eared owl)
hawk-owl1747
short-eared owl1766
mouse hawk1772
woodcock owl1840
prairie owl1846
fern-owl1885
1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 62 The Little Hawk Owl. This Bird is rather bigger than a Sparrow-Hawk.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Owl—Short-eared Provincial... Woodcock Owl. Hawk Owl.
1812 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VI. 64 Hawk Owl..This is another inhabitant of both continents..a connecting link between the Hawk and Owl tribes.
1856 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. IV. 926 Surnia funerea..it hunts frequently in the day-time. The smaller head..combined with these habits, have obtained for it the name of Hawk-Owl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
n.1747