The generic name of Snowy Owl, Bubo, was recently changed from Nyctea. Bubo is also the generic name of the Eagle owls, including Great Horned Owl.
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Snowy Owl (
Bubo scandiacus
)
Montrose Point, Cook County, 11/27/91
Photograph by Robert Hughes
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