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Glaucidium (pygmy-owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Glaucidium was named by Boie (1826). It is extant. Its type is Strix passerina. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).

It was assigned to Surniinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Strigidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1959), Emslie (1998), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Glaucidium Boie
1930Glaucidium Hay p. 350
1940Glaucidium Wetmore p. 68
1956Glaucidium Wetmore p. 87
1959Glaucidium Brodkorb
1998Glaucidium Emslie pp. 54-55
2002Glaucidium Mlikovsky p. 216
2014Glaucidium del Hoyo et al.
2017Glaucidium Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyStrigidaeVigors 1825
genusGlaucidiumBoie 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Glaucidium Boie 1826 [pygmy-owl]
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Glaucidium explorator Emslie 1998
Glaucidium gnoma Wagler 1832 [northern pygmy-owl]
Glaucidium passerinum Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian pygmy-owl]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available