Little Owl Athene noctua Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Subspecies (13)
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 24, 2017
Text last updated February 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Kukuvajka |
| Arabic | بومة صغيرة |
| Armenian | Տնային բվիկ |
| Asturian | Miagñn euroasiñticu |
| Azerbaijani | Dam bayquşu |
| Basque | Mozolo arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Домашна кукумявка |
| Catalan | mussol comú |
| Chinese | 縱紋腹小鴞 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 纵纹腹小鸮 |
| Croatian | sivi ćuk |
| Czech | sýček obecný |
| Danish | Kirkeugle |
| Dutch | Steenuil |
| English | Little Owl |
| English (United States) | Little Owl |
| Finnish | minervanpöllö |
| French | Chevêche d'Athéna |
| French (France) | Chevêche d'Athéna |
| Galician | Moucho común |
| German | Steinkauz |
| Greek | Κουκουβάγια |
| Hebrew | כוס החורבות |
| Hungarian | Kuvik |
| Icelandic | Kattugla |
| Italian | Civetta |
| Japanese | コキンメフクロウ |
| Korean | 금눈쇠올빼미 |
| Latvian | Mājas apogs |
| Lithuanian | Pelėdikė |
| Mongolian | Хотны бүгээхэй |
| Norwegian | kirkeugle |
| Persian | جغد کوچک |
| Polish | pójdźka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mocho-galego |
| Romanian | Cucuvea |
| Russian | Домовый сыч |
| Serbian | Kukumavka |
| Slovak | kuvik obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Čuk |
| Spanish | Mochuelo Europeo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mochuelo europeo |
| Swedish | minervauggla |
| Turkish | Kukumav |
| Ukrainian | Сич хатній |
Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Strix noctua
Scopoli, 1769. Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani, p.22.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carniolia, i.e. Krain.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ATHENE
- athene
- noctua
- Noctua
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Owl
