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Some authors include it in the genus Ciccaba, (medium-sized wood owls found in South-America) along with the black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata), mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata), and rufous-banded Owl (Ciccaba albitarsis). However, others include all Ciccaba species to the genus Strix. Furthermore, there is some debate on whether or not ...
Strix is a genus of owls in the typical owl family (Strigidae), one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being Tytonidae. Common names are earless owls or wood owls , though they are not the only owls without ear tufts , and " wood owl " is also used as a more generic name for forest-dwelling owls.
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The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix , which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy .
Ural owl: Strix uralensis Pallas, 1771: 248 Great grey owl: Strix nebulosa Forster, JR, 1772: 249 African wood owl: Strix woodfordii (Smith, A, 1834) 250 Mottled owl: Strix virgata (Cassin, 1849) 251 Black-and-white owl: Strix nigrolineata (Sclater, PL, 1859) 252 Black-banded owl: Strix huhula Daudin, 1800: 253 Rufous-banded owl: Strix ...
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The tawny owl is a member of the wood-owl genus Strix, part of the true owl family Strigidae, which contains all species of owl other than the barn owls. Conservatively, about 18 species are currently represented in this Strix genus, typically being medium to large sized owls that are characteristically round-headed and lacking ear tufts, which ...