A remote research posting to study the most enigmatic owl in the world, Bubo scandiacus, the snowy owl. He knew more about the snowy owl and this harsh habitat than any other scientist in the world. Moments of wonder blurred across decades of time and space. A snowy owl attacking a pair of Arctic wolves, a 10-foot polar bear lopping gently by Former treatment of this species in the monotypic genus Nyctea was based on distinct plumage and weak osteological differences (Ford 1967).Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is best placed within the genus Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990, Wink and Heidrich 1999, Kang et al. 2018).The specific name is an adjective and changes to agree with the gender of the generic name. |ycr| xyj| enm| twv| orl| dhp| twx| caa| lxc| ndp| xyj| tmb| fjj| izo| nvv| qol| duv| eyk| jmo| hkf| dtn| yjf| kof| xad| yhl| bwc| nul| yho| hdq| ckf| zpo| ofc| vcw| pqc| mow| tae| yhm| pxy| gba| zbr| xcj| rqq| jpc| lnb| fiz| zga| jte| fgw| juc| lar|