Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2013
In fact, in 2009, Wink et al. This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex. Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is closely related to Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) and in fact is nested within the genus (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Banks et al.
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