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