Talk:Vermiculated fishing owl

A fact from Vermiculated fishing owl appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 March 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that besides fish, the vermiculated fishing owl feeds on frogs, crabs, small mammals, and birds?

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Name

The owl is said to be named for Eugène Louis Bouvier. The generic name is from Greek skotos meaning darkness and -opia meaning a condition of sight.^[1] Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:22, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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