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OverviewAI-generated
Athene is a genus of true owls within the subfamily Surniinae. It belongs to the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The scientific name Athene was established by F.Boie in 1822, and the taxon is currently accepted.
Records for this genus are held by institutions including ABS, ANWC, YPM, UF, and GNM. These records originate from the United States, Madagascar, Turkey, Sweden, and India. The genus has 33 records and 10 media items in the iDigBio database. Additionally, 1,288,183 occurrences have been documented, and the subject is referenced by 77 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Burrowing Owl
Athene
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderStrigiformes
- FamilyStrigidae
Athene is een geslacht van uilen (Strigidae). Het geslacht telt in de indeling van de IOC World Bird List vier soorten. De naam Athene dankt het geslacht aan de uil van Athene, de Griekse godin van de wijsheid.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Strigidae
- Collections
- ABS, ANWC, YPM, UF, GNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Madagascar, Turkey, Sweden, India, Malaysia, Unknown Or Invalid
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Encyclopedic overview
Athene is a genus of owls, containing nine living species, depending on classification. These birds are small, with brown and white speckles, yellow eyes, and white eyebrows. This genus is found on all continents except for Australia, Antarctica, and Sub-Saharan Africa. An evolutionary radiation of four species (formerly thought to be in the genus Ninox) is also present in the Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy and list of species
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Athene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.