| 单词 | mottled owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmottled owl mottled owl n. (a) the North American screech owl, Otus asio, esp. in its grey morph (now disused); (b) a common owl of Central and South America, Ciccaba virgata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Strix > strix ocellata mottled owl1781 red owl1785 red-horned owl1809 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 126 Mottled Owl. 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 41 The resident kinds of most frequent occurrence are the Mottled Owl, (Scops asio Bon.) perhaps better known as the ‘Screech Owl’, [etc.]. 1974 Ecology 55 496 Potential predators of H. desmarestianus at La Selva included..the Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbea) and Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata). 1991 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 62 239 Results indicate that the Mottled Owl is common in Tikal [sc. Guatemala] and suggest that this little-known species is apparently territorial. < as lemmas |
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