Athene

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 Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: 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 Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/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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