Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney

of the Cherokee country are known, respectively, as tskili' (i. e., "witch," Bubo virginianus saturatus, great, dusky-horned owl), wa`huhu' (Megascops asio, screech owl), and uguku' (Syrnium nebulosum, hooting or barred owl). There is no generic term. The Cherokee say that there is almost no flesh upon the body of the hooting owl except upon the head.