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CHOUETTE TENGMALM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A bird of the family Strigidae.

OBS

A small owl lacking ear tufts ... Upper parts chocolate brown spotted with white, thickly so on forehead; under parts white, blotchily streaked with brown; greyish white facial disc has a narrow dark brown or blackish outer border. Eyes yellow. Bill yellowish.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Strigidae.

OBS

[...] Hibou nocturne relativement petit, sans aigrettes au-dessus des oreilles et à coloration brun foncé et blanche.

OBS

nyctale de Tengmalm : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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