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Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi] (= Aegolius acadicus) (Gmelin, JF 1788)




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Aegolius
Scientific:
  Aegolius acadicus


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Strix acadica

Type locality:
  North America, = Nova Scotia, ex Latham.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/308/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9095A22F9D49C3BD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9095A22F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9095A22F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177942

Geographic range:

  • Aegolius acadicus acadicus: mixed woodland of southern Alaska to southern Mexico
  • Aegolius acadicus brooksi: Haida Gwaii (British Columbia)
  • Aegolius ridgwayi: montane forest of central Chiapas (southeastern Mexico) to northwestern Honduras, and disjunctly central Costa Rica to western Panama
  • Aegolius ridgwayi ridgwayi: Costa Rica and western Panama
  • Aegolius ridgwayi tacanensis: oak-pine woodland of southern Mexico (Chiapas)
  • Aegolius ridgwayi rostratus: locally from Guatemala to northwestern El Salvador
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English:
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
French:
Petite Nyctale ou N. immaculée


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Nyctala acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Glaux acadicus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadicus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Cryptoglaux acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadica) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi])
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Bulgarian: Американска пернатонога кукумявка
Catalan: Mussol acadià
Czech: Sýc americký
Danish: Lille Perleugle
German: Ridgway-Kauz, Sägekauz
English: Acadian Owl, Kirtland's Owl, Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Saw Whet Owl, Saw-whet Owl, Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Esperanto: Akrigostrigo
Spanish: Lechucita Parda, Lechuza Norteña, Mochuelo Cabezón, Ridgeway's Zaaguil, Tecolote Afilador, Tecolote-abetero Norteño
Spanish (Mexico): tecolote afilador, Tecolote-abetero Norteño
Estonian: töbikakk
Finnish: Amerikanhelmipöllö
French: Chouette scie, Nyctale d'Acadie, Petite Nyctale, Petite Nyctale ou N. immaculée
Hungarian: fűrészbagoly
Italian: Civetta acadica, Civetta capogrosso del Nordamerica
Japanese (romaji): amerikakimmefukurou
Japanese: アメリカキンメフクロウ
Scientific: Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi], Aegolius acadica, Aegolius acadicus, Aegolius acadicus acadicus, Aegolius ridgwayi, Aegolius ridgwayi ridgwayi, Cryptoglaux acadica, Cryptoglaux acadicus, Cryptoglaux ridgwayi, Glaux acadicus, Nyctala acadica, Strix acadica, Strix acadiensis
Lithuanian: Amerikinė lututė
Dutch: Zaaguil
Norwegian: Slipeugle
Polish: wlochatka mala, włochatka mała
Portuguese: Mocho-amolador
Russian: Новошотландский Мохноногий Сыч, Североамериканский мохноногий сыч, Североамериканский сыч, Сыч новошотландский мохноногий
Slovak: kuvik škripľavý, pôtik škriplavý
Swedish: Rostpärluggla
Ukrainian: Сич північний
Chinese: 棕榈鬼鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 棕櫚鬼鴞

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