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The barking owl was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 with the binomial name Falco connivens. [4] Latham commented that the species "Inhabits New Holland, but no history annexed, further than that it has a wonderful faculty of contracting and dilating the iris: and that the native name is Goora-a-Gang."
Bare-legged owl; Bare-legged swiftlet; Bare-necked fruitcrow; Bare-necked umbrellabird; Bare-shanked screech owl; Bare-throated bellbird; Bare-throated tiger heron; Bare-throated whistler; Barka indigobird; Barking imperial pigeon; Barking owl; Barn swallow; Barnacle goose; Barolo shearwater; Barratt's warbler; Barred antshrike; Barred ...
Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
For a simple list of all owl species, see the article "List of owl species". Extinct species: Bermuda saw-whet owl , described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century.
Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi [1] Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa [1] Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus [1] Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus [1] Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia [1] Powerful owl, Ninox strenua [2] Barking owl, Ninox connivens [2] Southern boobook, Ninox boobook [2] Tasmanian boobook, Ninox leucopsis [2] Rufous owl, Ninox ...
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic.
If one saw an owl or heard its hoot, someone was going to die. In general, owls are viewed as harbingers of bad luck, ill health, or death. The belief is widespread even today. [55] The Hindu goddess Lakshmi with the owl. In Hinduism, an owl is the vahana (mount) of the goddess Lakshmi, especially in the eastern region of India. [56]
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