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Bubo scandiacus; Snowy Owl   

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Bubo scandiacus
Bubo scandiacus
Snowy Owl
Photographer: Joseph S. Dixon
Collection: MVZ

ID: 0000 3333 0531 1639 (2016-06-09)

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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Nov 16, 1916
  • latitude 37.87148   longitude -122.26172   max error distance 322 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum North American Datum 1927
  • georeferencing source Terrain Navigator 3.02 USGS 1:100000
  • location   Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (Alameda County, California, US)
  • family Strigidae
  • order Strigiformes
  • class Aves
  • phylum Chordata
  • species associated with this habitat: Nyctea scandiaca  
  • description   Snowy Owl - 'close up' head
  • MVZ database record for this image   MVZ 2340
  • From the collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology   Bird 27138  
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  • DOI http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7299/X7Z036GV
  • photo category: Animal - Bird
  • batch id: batchid_2016-06-09_18:59:21_5117

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Snowy Owl
  • View Arctos taxonomy record for Nyctea scandiaca  
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    1. Reviewed by Simon Tonge    Feb 5, 2017

    Action: changed name from "Nyctea scandiaca" to "Bubo scandiaca "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Nyctea now lumped in Bubo"

    2. Reviewed by Simon Tonge    Feb 5, 2017

    Action: changed name from "Bubo scandiaca" to "Bubo scandiacus "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Correcting gender of specific name"

     
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