Otus asio


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Noun1.Otus asio - small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistleOtus asio - small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
screech owl
bird of Minerva, bird of night, owl, hooter - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
genus Otus, Otus - a genus of Strigidae
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Backpack radio transmitter attachment success in screech owls (Otus asio).
Seasonal and sex-biased survival of adult interior Western Screech-Owls (Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei) in Southeast British Columbia
Le contenu des pelotes de rACopyrightgurgitation du Hibou moyen-duc (Otus asio) A Etrabonne (Doubs).
Dietary Distinctive Features of Tawny Owl Strix aluco (Linn 1758) and Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli 1759) in Gardens of Algerian Sahel El Harrach Jardin D'essai Du Hamma
Screech owl, Otus asio, attempting to capture little brown bats, Myotis lucifugus, at a colony.
Bats do not alter their foraging activity in response to owl calls

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