小鸮属

小鸮属（）為鴟鴞科下的一属 ，現生有4種物种。本屬物種體型較小、喙部棕色或白色，眼睛黃色，眉白色。成員物種廣布於各大洲，除澳洲、南极洲及漠南非洲之外。

小鸮属
化石时期：中新世晚期至今
縱紋腹小鴞 Athene noctua
科学分类
界： 动物界 Animalia
门： 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲： 鸟纲 Aves
目： 鴞形目 Strigiformes
科： 鴟鴞科 Strigidae
属： 小鴞屬 Athene
F. Boie, 1822
種

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異名

Heteroglaux
Speotyto
Spheotyto (lapsus)

該屬學名「Athene」命名自希臘女神雅典娜（Athena），蓋因該屬的縱紋腹小鴞的形象常出現於雅典娜身邊[1]。

現生物種

滅絕物種

A number of mainly island representatives of this genus are only known from fossil or subfossil remains:

  • Athene megalopeza (fossil; Rexroad Late Pliocene of WC USA) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
  • Athene veta (fossil; Early Pleistocene of Rebielice, Poland)
  • Athene angelis (fossil; Middle - Late Pleistocene of Castiglione, Corsica)
  • Athene trinacriae (Pleistocene)
  • Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Barbuda, West Indies)
  • Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Cayman Islands, West Indies)
  • Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Jamaica, West Indies)
  • Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Mona Island, West Indies)
  • Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Puerto Rico, West Indies)
  • 克里特小鸮 Athene cretensis (prehistoric; Crete, Mediterranean)
Cretan owl with Candiacervus ropalophorus

The Cretan owl was a flightless or near-flightless form that was more than 50 cm (almost 2 ft) tall. It went extinct soon after the island of Crete became inhabited by humans.

Late Miocene (about 11 mya) fossil remains from Rudabánya (NE Hungary) have been tentatively assigned to this genus.[2] Considering the known fossil range of Athene and the misassignments of many Miocene strigids from Europe, it may be a basal member of the present genus or not belong here. The supposed species "Athene" murivora is the name given to subfossil bones of male Rodrigues owls.

    • Antiguan burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia amaura - extinct (c.1905)
    • Guadeloupe burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis - extinct (c.1890)

參考文獻
  1. Jobling, James A. . London: Christopher Helm. 2010: 58, 274. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. Bernor, R.L.; Kordos, L. & Rook, L. (eds): "Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene (MN9), Hungary: A compendium. 的存檔，存档日期2007-06-28." Paleontographica Italiana 89: 3-36.
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