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Also known as Surniine, Surniines

Surniinae is a subfamily of the typical owls (Strigidae). First described by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838. The type genus is Surnia. Includes ten genera.

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taxon
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true owls
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Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum National Aviary 1900px.jpg
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subfamily
taxon name
Surniinae
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Surniinae
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Surniinae is a subfamily of the typical owls (Strigidae). First described by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838. The type genus is Surnia. Includes ten genera.

== Classification ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surniinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.