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Aegolius acadicus (northern saw-whet owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Strix acadica was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cryptoglaux acadica by Wetmore (1940) and Miller and DeMay (1942); it was recombined as Aegolius acadicus by Wetmore (1956), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Cryptoglaux acadica Wetmore p. 69
1942Cryptoglaux acadica Miller and DeMay p. 120
1956Aegolius acadicus Wetmore p. 89
1998Aegolius acadicus Emslie
2017Aegolius acadicus 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusAegoliusKaup 1829
speciesacadicus(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Aegolius acadicus Gmelin 1788 [northern saw-whet owl]
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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: Thiollay 1994, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Aegolius acadicus (20398)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Aegolius acadicus (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Aegolius acadicus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Aegolius acadicus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Aegolius acadicus (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cryptoglaux acadica (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Aegolius acadicus (104035)