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Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Scientific name definitions

R. J. Gutiérrez, A. B. Franklin, and W. S. Lahaye
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1995

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Spotted Owl. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Spotted Owl.

Its distribution is extremely local and fragmentary in southern California and Mexico.

Recommended Citation

Gutiérrez, R. J., A. B. Franklin, and W. S. Lahaye (2020). Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spoowl.01
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