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Sceloglaux albifacies
Laughing goose (Zo["o]l.), the European white-fronted goose. Laughing gull. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. Laughing hyena (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena. Laughing jackass (Zo["o]l.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera. Laughing owl (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
Sceloglaux albifacies
Wekau We"kau, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.

Meaning of Sceloglaux from wikipedia

- species was traditionally considered to belong to the monotypic genus Sceloglaux Kaup, 1848 ("scoundrel owl", probably because of the mischievous-sounding...
- indicate that it actually belongs in Ninox rather than the monotypic genus Sceloglaux. The fossil owls "Otus" wintershofensis and "Strix" brevis, both from...
- (one extinct), from which five (Xenoglaux, Micrathene, Surnia, Uroglaux, Sceloglaux) are monotypic. Genus Xenoglaux — long-whiskered owlet Genus Micrathene...
- prey for larger predators. Their main predators included laughing owls (Sceloglaux albifacie), and Pacific rats (Rattus exulans). Owlet-nightjars are not...
- murivorus) Mauritius scops owl (Mascarenotus sauzieri) Laughing owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) Family Casuariidae King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae...
- Owl Sceloglaux albifacies (Gray. 1844): A general survey of a near-extinct species. Notornis 19(1): 4-19. BirdLife International (2016). "Sceloglaux albifacies"...
- scutulata - Aus Christmas Island hawk-owl, Ninox natalis - Aus Laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies Greater sooty owl, Tyto tenebricosa - Aus Lesser sooty owl...
- nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2022. BirdLife International (2016). "Sceloglaux albifacies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689496A93232295...
- Sternbergia spp. Strigiformes spp. (Except the species included in Appendix I and Sceloglaux albifacies) Strombus gigas Stylasteridae spp. (Fossils are not subject...
-  133–134. Worthy, Trevor H. (1997). "A survey of historical Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) specimens in museum collections" (PDF). Notornis. 44 (4):...