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Little Owl (somaliensis)
Athene noctua somaliensis Reichenow, A 1905
Classification
Order:Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Athene
Scientific:
Athene noctua somaliensis
Original description
Citation:
Reichenow, A 1905
Reference:
Vögel Afrikas
3 pt2 p.822
Protonym:
Athene spilogaster somaliensis
Type locality:
Aurowana, northern Somaliland, ex Erlanger, Journ. f. Orn., 52, 1904, p. 238.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49737#page/866/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3F33159AE245869E
Avibase ID:
avibase-3F33159A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3F33159A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 687074
Geographic range:
- Athene noctua somaliensis: eastern Ethiopia and Somalia
Source: Clements checklist
Little Owl (somaliensis)
French:
Chevêche d'Athéna (somaliensis)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little Owl (somaliensis) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little Owl (somaliensis) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little Owl (somaliensis) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Little Owl (somaliensis) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little Owl (Somali) ( Athene noctua somaliensis) |
| Avilist 2025: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Athene noctua somaliensis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Athene noctua [spilogastra or somaliensis]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Little Owl (Somali), Little Owl (somaliensis), Somali Little Owl
French: Chevêche d'Athéna (de Somalie), Chevêche d'Athéna (somaliensis), Chevêche de Somalie
Scientific: Athene noctua somaliensis, Athene somaliensis, Athene spilogaster somaliensis
Slovak: kuvik somálsky
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