Aegolius [acadicus or ridgwayi] (Northern or Unspotted Saw-whet Owl)

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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Source: Clements checklist

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]

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