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Definition of Scops asio

Scops asio
Screech Screech, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. Screech bird, or Screech thrush (Zo["o]l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. Screech rain. Screech hawk (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] Screech owl. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small American owl (Scops asio), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.

Meaning of Scops asio from wikipedia

- ****anese scops-owl (Otus semitorques) is a small owl species in the family Strigidae, or true owl family. It is a member of the genus Otus, the scops owl genus...
- Mascarenotus Pemba scops owl, Otus pembaensis Eurasian scops owl, Otus scops Cyprus scops owl, Otus cyprius – formerly included in O. scops Pallid scops owl, Otus...
- The long-eared owl (Asio otus), also known as the northern long-eared owl or, more informally, as the lesser horned owl or cat owl, is a medium-sized species...
- noctua), the similar looking Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) being smaller and weaker and the long-eared owl (Asio otus) more fully dependent on rodents...
- Americas, while coeval scops owl fossils very similar to the Eurasian scops owl have been found at S'Onix on Majorca. The scops and screech owl lineage...
- Andaman scops owl, Otus balli – r Mountain scops owl, Otus spilocephalus – r Pallid scops owl, Otus brucei – r Eurasian scops owl, Otus scops – W Moluccan...
- 1839) 107 Giant scops owl Otus gurneyi (Tweeddale, 1879) 108 White-fronted scops owl Otus sagittatus (C****in, 1849) 109 Reddish scops owl Otus rufescens...
- partridge (Alectoris chukar), Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), northern long-eared owl (Asio otus), short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), and tawny owl (Strix aluco)...
- the Australasian hawk-owls or boobooks, some 20 species Genus Otus – the scops owls; probably paraphyletic, about 45 species Genus Pseudoscops – the Jamaican...
- Enskenia Palaeobyas? Palaeotyto? Sophiornis Strigidae Aegolius †Alasio Asio †Asphaltoglaux Athene Bubo Glaucidium †Grallistrix Gymnasio Gymnoglaux †Intulula...