The ordinary popular name for owls of all sorts, especially owls with 'ears', is 猫头鹰 māo-tóu-yīng ('cat-headed hawk'). There is also a dialect term 夜猫子 yè-māozi or 'night cat'. Neither of these terms figures at all in the official names. Instead, the character 鸮 xiāo is used for almost all owls.
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- sally mckay 4-19-2008 7:14 am