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The type species was designated as the little owl (Athene noctua) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841. [2] [3] The genus name is from the little owl which was closely associated with the Greek goddess Athena, and often depicted with her. Her original role as a goddess of the night might explain the link to an owl. [4]
The owl of Athena even became the common obverse of the Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and according to Philochorus, [12] the Athenian tetradrachm was known as glaux (γλαύξ, little owl) [13] throughout the ancient world and "owl" in present-day numismatics.
The little owl was formally described in 1769 by the Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli under the binomial name Strix noctua. [3] The little owl is now placed in the genus Athene that was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1822. [4] [5] The owl was designated as the type species of the genus by George Robert Gray in 1841.
One bird, which is possibly the Ruff was known for traveling to the grave of Memnon and then killing each other. [70] Bats were thought to have mythical properties. Tits, or as they were known in ancient Greece, Aigthalos,’’ were said to have laid more eggs than other birds and to have attacked bees and wasps. Which may have formed half ...
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") [3] or the hoot owl, [4] is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. [5]
The great horned owl occupies a similar ecological niche nocturnally to the red-tailed hawk. [89] There have been many studies that have contrasted the ecology of these two powerful raptors. [40] [85] [130] The great horned owl averages heavier and larger footed, with northern populations averaging up to 26% heavier in the owl than the hawk. [40]
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.
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