richardson's owl

richardson's owl
noun
Usage: usually capitalized R
Etymology: after Sir John Richardson
: a small gray white-speckled owl (Aegolius funereus richardsoni) of the boreal forests of No. America

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Richardson's owl,
a small, brown and white owl resembling the saw-whet owl, occurring in Canada and occasionally during the winter in the Northern United States.
[< Sir John Richardson]

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