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Athene
Taxonomy
Athene was named by Scopoli (1769). It is extant.
It was reranked as Strix (Athene) by Milne-Edwards (1874).
It was assigned to Strix by Milne-Edwards (1874); to Bubonidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Strigidae by Scopoli (1769), Alcover (1989), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
It was reranked as Strix (Athene) by Milne-Edwards (1874).
It was assigned to Strix by Milne-Edwards (1874); to Bubonidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Strigidae by Scopoli (1769), Alcover (1989), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1769 | Athene Scopoli |
| 1874 | Strix (Athene) Milne-Edwards p. 13 |
| 1933 | Athene Lambrecht p. 617 |
| 1989 | Athene Alcover p. 99 |
| 1994 | Athene Morgan p. 468 |
| 1997 | Athene Worthy p. 107 |
| 2002 | Athene Mlikovsky p. 216 |
| 2017 | Athene Clements et al. |
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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. Athene Scopoli 1769
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†Athene angelis Mourer-Chauviré 1997
†Athene cretensis Weesie 1982
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 [burrowing owl]
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Invalid names: Glaucidium dickinsoni Brodkorb 1959 [synonym], Otus providentiae Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 [little owl]
Athene superciliaris Vieillot 1817 [white-browed owl]
†Athene veta Janossy 1974
Invalid names: Carine Kaup [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Holocene or 11.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.67 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.67 Ma
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | A. sp. (75481) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | A. veta (125326) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | A. sp. (51478) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | A. veta (35358) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Speotyto cunicularia (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | A. vallgornerensis (214536) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | A. noctua (35457) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | A. cunicularia (176098) | |
| Pleistocene (interglacial) | Ecuador (Chimborazo) | A. cunicularia (133644) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | A. vallgomerensis (213667 221566 221569) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | A. noctua (34128) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | A. noctua (197789 197790) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | A. cunicularia (20327) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Corse) | A. n. sp. Salotti et al. 1997 (69062) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | A. noctua (191730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | A. sp. (51504) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Speotyto cunicularia (20491) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Speotyto cunicularia (152008 161536 192630) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | A. cunicularia (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | A. noctua (194932 197769) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Speotyto cunicularia (152599) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Speotyto cunicularia (20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | A. cretensis (92902 192948 192949 192950 192951 192954 192955 192956 192957 192958 192959 192960) A. noctua (183124) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | A. noctua (194940 197938) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | A. cunicularia (123918 176102 215552) Speotyto cunicularia (44954 190077) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | A. noctua (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | A. cunicularia (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | A. cunicularia (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Speotyto cunicularia (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | Speotyto cunicularia (194589) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Speotyto cunicularia (71670) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | A. sp. (51552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Ninox superciliaris (195018) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | A. cunicularia (144649 194590) Glaucidium dickinsoni, Otus providentiae, A. cunicularia (194588) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | A. cunicularia (209852) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | A. cunicularia (190745) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | A. cunicularia (94615) | |
| Holocene | Greece (Crete) | A. cretensis (192961) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | A. cunicularia (186637) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | A. noctua (215376) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | A. noctua (215386) | |
| Holocene | Dominican Republic | Speotyto cunicularia (194484) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) | A. cunicularia (210541) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | A. superciliaris (236022) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Speotyto cunicularia (194073) |