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| Snawy Houlet | |
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| Scienteefic clessification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Faimily: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Bubo |
| Species: | B. scandiacus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Strix scandiaca Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The Snawy Houlet (Bubo scandiacus) is a lairge houlet o the typical houlet faimily Strigidae. The Snawy Houlet wis first classified in 1758 bi Carolus Linnaeus, the Swadish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature tae classify an organize plants an ainimals. Till recently, it wis regardit as the sole member o a distinct genus, as Nyctea scandiaca, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data (Olsen et al. 2002) shaws that it is very closely relatit tae the horned houlets in the genus Bubo. The Snawy Houlet is the offeecial bird o the Canadian province o Quebec.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ BirdLife International (2009). "Nyctea scandiaca". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 2009-01-27. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
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Wikispecies haes information relatit tae: Bubo scandiacus |
Media relatit tae Bubo scandiacus at Wikimedia Commons
- Free Online Video Aboot Snawy Houlets
- Snawy Houlet Species Accoont—Cornell Lab o Ornithology
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus—USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Bubo scandiacus on Avibase
