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Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Strigidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Strix cunicularia Molina
1930Speotyto cunicularia Hay p. 351
1937Speotyto cunicularia Wetmore p. 440
1940Speotyto cunicularia Wetmore p. 68
1942Speotyto cunicularia Miller and DeMay p. 118
1956Speotyto cunicularia Wetmore p. 87
1959Glaucidium dickinsoni Brodkorb p. 358 figs. plate 2, fig. 1
1959Otus providentiae Brodkorb p. 360 figs. plate 2, figs. 2-6
1965Speotyto cunicularia Bernstein p. 276
1976Speotyto cunicularia Campbell p. 165
1977Speotyto cunicularia Olson and Steadman p. 454
1982Athene cunicularia Olson and Hilgartner p. 37
1988Athene cunicularia Pregill et al. p. 17
1990Athene cunicularia Olson et al. p. 9
1994Athene cunicularia Morgan p. 483
1998Speotyto cunicularia Emslie
2015Athene cunicularia Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Athene cunicularia Clements et al.
2018Athene cunicularia Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—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
genusAtheneScopoli 1769
speciescunicularia(Molina 1782)

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.

Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 [burrowing owl]
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Invalid names: Glaucidium dickinsoni Brodkorb 1959 [synonym], Otus providentiae Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:55:38
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:55:38
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Speotyto cunicularia (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Athene cunicularia (176098)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Athene cunicularia (20327)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Speotyto cunicularia (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Speotyto cunicularia (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Speotyto cunicularia (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Athene cunicularia (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Athene cunicularia (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Athene cunicularia (123918 176102 215552) Speotyto cunicularia (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Speotyto cunicularia (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Athene cunicularia (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Speotyto cunicularia (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Speotyto cunicularia (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Athene cunicularia (190745)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Athene cunicularia (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Athene cunicularia (144649 194590) Glaucidium dickinsoni, Otus providentiae, Athene cunicularia (194588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Speotyto cunicularia (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Athene cunicularia (210541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Speotyto cunicularia (194073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Athene cunicularia (94615)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Athene cunicularia (186637)