Acadian owl

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small, brown, eastern sub-species, Cryptoglaux acadica acadica, of the saw-whet.

See: saw-whet,sawyer(def. 2)

Quotations

1868

The Acadian or little owl makes its abode in barns during the winter.

1922

There are several subspecies of the Saw-whet Owl in Canada; but only one, the Acadian Owl, the type form, is ever found in the east.