Little Owl
Athene noctua - Chevêche d'Athéna
Description identification
Subspecific information 13 subspecies
- Athene noctua noctua (c, s and se Europe to nw Russia)
- Athene noctua vidalii (w Europe)
- Athene noctua indigena (Romania to Greece through Ukraine and Turkey east to s Russia)
- Athene noctua lilith (Cyprus, s Turkey to Iraq and the Sinai. Egypt.)
- Athene noctua bactriana (Iraq and Azerbaijan to Pakistan and nw India)
- Athene noctua orientalis (ne Kazakhstan, nw China)
- Athene noctua ludlowi (Himalayas)
- Athene noctua impasta (wc China)
- Athene noctua plumipes (Mongolia, sc Siberia and ne China)
- Athene noctua glaux (coastal n Africa to sw Israel)
- Athene noctua saharae (Morocco to w Egypt, c Arabia)
- Athene noctua spilogastra (e Sudan, Eritrea and ne Ethiopia)
- Athene noctua somaliensis (e Ethiopia and Somalia)
Foreign names
- Chevêche d'Athéna,
- Mochuelo europeo,
- mocho-galego,
- Steinkauz,
- kuvik,
- Steenuil,
- Civetta,
- minervauggla,
- Kirkeugle,
- kuvik obyčajný,
- sýček obecný,
- Kirkeugle,
- minervanpöllö,
- mussol comú,
- Kattugla,
- pójdźka (zwyczajna),
- mājas apogs,
- čuk,
- Домовый сыч,
- コキンメフクロウ,
- 纵纹腹小鸮,
- 縱紋腹小鴞,
Habitat
Sources of information
- La Chevêche d'Athéna Athene noctua dans la Réserve de Biosphère des Vosges du Nord, Génot Jean-Claude
- La Chouette chevêche, JUILLARD Michel
- Les rapaces diurnes et nocturnes d'Europe, M. Cuisin, P. Geroudet
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes