"Bubo scandiacus" ??? (1 Viewer)

GreatHornedOwl said:

... Did a google this weekend to find out more about Snowy owls ... and hey! ...it's not Nyctea scandiaca anymore !? :eek!:

So I discovered it's now in the Bubo genus, first time I noticed that - now I only hope they're not going to publish new updated and revised editions of all the field guides in which the species appears !!! I just bought all of them over the past two years and spent lots of money !! :scribe: :brains: :-C :-C

(Great Horned Owl is in distress - he's ruined himself on field guides and sheds lots of tears...)

... Seriously, I knew they found out Nyctea scandiaca was closely related to Bubo virginianus (possibly of the same ancestor), but it was still a bit of a surprise - hence my post ;-) . ... And yes, what happens now to the field guides ??? (Zetterstrom/Mullarney, Sibley, Peterson, ... ??)

Click to expand...

avifauna said:

Re-arranging species between genuses is not a intervention of today. It has been going on for some 248 years - at least . . . (o)<

Click to expand...

white-back said:

You do get used a classification though- I still feel a bit disorientated by the re-classification of Bonelli's Eagle and Booted Eagle into the Aquila eagles in 2005. I just don't think of Booted Eagle as an aquila (or having boots).

Click to expand...

cuckooroller said:

Hi Deane,

Nice to see you made it over here... As much as I love Owls there are more than just Owls...

you probably remember me as weewilliewinkieus

Click to expand...