Snowy Owl (1 Viewer)

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

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• Oct 25, 2008

• #1

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Scientific name...
Clements 6th ed: Bubo scandiacus
H&M 2003: Nyctea scandiaca
S&M 1996: Nyctea scandiaca
IOC 1.6: Bubo scandiacus

What was the basis for the reassignment to Bubo? Should we keep it under Nyctea with a redirect from Bubo scandiacus?

 

Last edited: Oct 25, 2008

wintibird

André Weiss

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• Oct 25, 2008

• #2

That's obviously a difficult one. In the net I found that Olsen et al 2002 have found the Snowy Owl to be closely related with Bubo, but I don't find the study online. A quick search gives a bit more matches with Nyctea (about 55%).
I would vote for keeping Nyctea for now and making a remark in the Category Nyctea and in the Category Bubo and a redirect.

André

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Oct 25, 2008

• #3

I'm okay with that - but I'm having some trouble finding information to help me sequence where to place the genus Nyctea. Anyone?

 

wintibird

André Weiss

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• Oct 25, 2008

• #4

In Europe usually placed just after Bubo. Hope this help.

André

 

njlarsen

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• Oct 26, 2008

• #5

In the trees I have seen, including the ones in Konig et al, Nyctea is a branch in the middle of the Bubo bush, it is not basal. To keep Nyctea, you would have to move through several nodes to get to a basal position. They only did a small bootstrap analysis, but that gives a support of 98. I am in other words pretty sure that this one will come back.

On the other hand, if there are appropriate redirects and an explanation in place, then either way will work.

Niels