Athene

Athene noctua, Ambula, Montenegro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Strigiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Strigiformes

Familia: Strigidae
Subfamilia: Surniinae
Genus: Athene
Species: A. blewitti – A. brama – A. cunicularia – A. granti – A. jacquinoti – A. malaitae – A. noctua – A. roseoaxillaris – A. superciliaris

Name

Athene F. Boie, 1822

• Typus: Strix noctua Scopoli, 1769 = Athene noctua

Synonyms

• Noctua Savigny, 1809
• Carine Kaup, 1829
• Speotyto Gloger, 1842
• Heteroglaux Hume, 1873

References

Primary references

• Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung 10,11 col. 549

Additional references

• Koparde, P., Mehta, P., Reddy, S., Ramakrishnan, U., Mukherjee, S. & Robin, V.V. 2018. The critically endangered forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: A century-old debate addressed. Plos One 13(2): e0192359 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192359 Reference page. 
• Salter, J.F., Oliveros, C.H., Hosner, P.A., Manthey, J.D., Robbins, M.B., Moyle, R.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae). The Auk. 137 (ukz070). DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Xarabaçıl
беларуская: Сычы
català: Mussol
нохчийн: Сычи
Deutsch: Steinkäuze
English: Little owls
Esperanto: Noktuoj
español: Mochuelo
فارسی: جغد سنگی
suomi: Minervanpöllöt
français: Chevêche
עברית: כּוֹס
lietuvių: Pelėdikės
кырык мары: Изитыманавлӓ
Nederlands: Steenuil
occitan: Chòt
русский: Сычи
татарча/tatarça: Чырайсыз ябалаклар
українська: Сич
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Boyoʻgʻlilar

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