The specific name of this species, acadicus, refers to Acadia, an old name for the region that includes the present-day Maritime Provinces of Canada.

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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Montrose Point, Cook County, 11/24/02
Photograph by Kanae Hirabayashi

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